ma

ma is a place or location. This can be a physical one, like a country or spot on the ground. It's far more common to see ma used to talk about grounded locations, but it's also used to talk about anything from a tree branch something's on or even an airplane miles or kilometers above the ground. ma can sometimes be the ground itself, like dirt or rocks, or even an entire planet with a hard surface. don't confuse ma with kiwen though, because ma denotes location and ground where kiwen doesn't.

Many people also use ma to refer to the metaphysical, such as a location in a sentence. But a lot of speakers don't use it like this, and there are valid criticisms that this feels Anglophone influence. You will likely be understood if you use ma like this. I use it like this all the time and I have rarely had an issue being understood.