jama

See also: Jama, JAMA, jáma, jämä, jamą, јама, and яма

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Assamese জামা (zama).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑama/

Noun

jama (Bengali script জামা)

  1. shirt

References

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑmɑ/, [ˈjɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ja‧ma

Noun

jama

  1. (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
  2. seam in a seine
  3. (colloquial) A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
    Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
    Company A is in a really difficult situation.

Declension
Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative jama jamat
genitive jaman jamojen
partitive jamaa jamoja
illative jamaan jamoihin
singular plural
nominative jama jamat
accusative nom. jama jamat
gen. jaman
genitive jaman jamojen
jamainrare
partitive jamaa jamoja
inessive jamassa jamoissa
elative jamasta jamoista
illative jamaan jamoihin
adessive jamalla jamoilla
ablative jamalta jamoilta
allative jamalle jamoille
essive jamana jamoina
translative jamaksi jamoiksi
instructive — jamoin
abessive jamatta jamoitta
comitative — jamoineen
Possessive forms of jama (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person jamani jamamme
2nd person jamasi jamanne
3rd person jamansa

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

jama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃま

Makasar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɟama]

Verb

jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)

  1. (transitive) to work on something

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈja.ma/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ja‧ma

Noun

jama f

  1. cavity
  2. cave
  3. burrow
  4. fossa
  5. delve
  6. ventricle

Declension
Declension of jama
singular plural
nominative jama jamy
genitive jamy jam
dative jamie jamom
accusative jamę jamy
instrumental jamą jamami
locative jamie jamach
vocative jamo jamy

Derived terms

Further reading
  • jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rayón Zoque

Noun

jama

  1. sun
  2. day

Derived terms
  • jamaduꞌkyʌ
  • jamadʌꞌkʌ
  • jamajama
  • jamajʌyʌ
  • jamakuk
  • jamaminʌ
  • jamaniŋgʌꞌ
  • jamasamu
  • jamgʌdʌjku

References
  • Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jâma/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ma

Noun

jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)

  1. excavation, hole, cavity
    Postojna jama je kraljica svih jama. ― The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
  2. hollow, depression
  3. hole, burrow

Declension
Declension of jama
singular plural
nominative jama jame
genitive jame jama
dative jami jamama
accusative jamu jame
vocative jamo jame
locative jami jamama
instrumental jamom jamama

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈjama]

Noun

jama f (genitive singular jamy, nominative plural jamy, genitive plural jám, declension pattern of žena)

  1. pit
  2. hole

Declension
Declension of jama
singular plural
nominative jama jamy
genitive jamy jám
dative jame jamám
accusative jamu jamy
locative jame jamách
instrumental jamou jamami

References
  • jama in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jàːma/

Noun

jáma f

  1. cave
    Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam ― The Postojna cave is queen of all caves

Inflection
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. jáma
gen. sing. jáme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)		 jáma jámi jáme
genitive
(rodȋlnik)		 jáme jám jám
dative
(dajȃlnik)		 jámi jámama jámam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)		 jámo jámi jáme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)		 jámi jámah jámah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)		 jámo jámama jámami

Further reading
  • “jama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-jama?

  1. to stand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Noun

jama f (plural jamas)

  1. (Honduras) small iguana

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

jama (present jamar, preterite jamade, supine jamat, imperative jama)

  1. to meow
    Katten jamar ― The cat is meowing

Conjugation
Conjugation of jama (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive jama jamas
Supine jamat jamats
Imperative jama —
Imper. plural1 jamen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative jamar jamade jamas jamades
Ind. plural1 jama jamade jamas jamades
Subjunctive2 jame jamade james jamades
Participles
Present participle jamande
Past participle jamad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

Anagrams
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