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Added 9 October 2026

masa

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about masa at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An independent group of closely related Chadic languages spoken in the area between the Biu-Mandara and East Chadic languages.

Origin

Borrowed from Japanese 柾 (masa) or 政 (masa), an abbreviation of 柾紙 (masagami) or 政紙 (masagami).

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