tama

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʌˈmʌ/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Determiner

tamá

  1. this, that, these, those (feminine; near the spoken to)

See also

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “tama”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali তামা (tama).

Noun

tama

  1. copper

References


Bikol Central

Adjective

tamà

  1. correct
    Antonym: sala

Noun

tamà

  1. hit; strike; shot

Blagar

Adjective

tama

  1. tasty

References


Bunun

Noun

tama

  1. father

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).

Noun

tama

  1. light bulb

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtama]

Adverb

tama

  1. (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction
    Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian [Term?].

Noun

tama

  1. father

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of Tamagotchi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑmɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑmɑ]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ta‧ma

Noun

tama

  1. (colloquial) Tamagotchi

Declension

Inflection of tama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tama tamat
genitive taman tamojen
partitive tamaa tamoja
illative tamaan tamoihin
singular plural
nominative tama tamat
accusative nom. tama tamat
gen. taman
genitive taman tamojen
tamainrare
partitive tamaa tamoja
inessive tamassa tamoissa
elative tamasta tamoista
illative tamaan tamoihin
adessive tamalla tamoilla
ablative tamalta tamoilta
allative tamalle tamoille
essive tamana tamoina
translative tamaksi tamoiksi
instructive tamoin
abessive tamatta tamoitta
comitative tamoineen
Possessive forms of tama (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person tamani tamamme
2nd person tamasi tamanne
3rd person tamansa

Anagrams


Garo

Noun

tama

  1. copper

Hausa

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tá.máː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [tə́.máː]

Noun

tamā f (possessed form tamar̃)

  1. iron ore

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 196.

Hopi

Noun

tama

  1. tooth (body part)

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tamaʔ/

Verb

tama

  1. to come inside

Jamamadí

Noun

tama

  1. (Banawá) vine

References


Japanese

Romanization

tama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たま

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama (compare Fijian tama).

Noun

tama

  1. father

Latin

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

tama f (genitive tamae); first declension

  1. A kind of swelling of the feet and legs

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tama tamae
Genitive tamae tamārum
Dative tamae tamīs
Accusative tamam tamās
Ablative tamā tamīs
Vocative tama tamae

References

  • tama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Maltese

Root
t-m-'
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʿ, greed, wish). The loss of the final is regular in this noun, but was generalised throughout the root (and is therefore reflected in the spelling). Compare, however, tema'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaː.ma/
  • Homophone: tagħma (except archaically)

Noun

tama f (plural tamiet)

  1. hope
    Synonym: speranza

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʿa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ma/

Verb

tama (imperfect jitma)

  1. to hope

Niuean

Noun

tama

  1. child

Polish

Etymology

From Middle High German tam(m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ma/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ta‧ma

Noun

tama f

  1. dam
    Synonyms: zapora, jaz

Declension

Derived terms

verb

Further reading

  • tama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

tama

  1. father
  2. godfather

Samoan

Noun

tama

  1. boy
  2. child

Usage notes

(In the sense: "child") Only said by or to mothers; can be differentiated into tamatane and tamafafine. Otherwise use atali'i or afafine.


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tьma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *timāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Cognate with Bulgarian тъма (tǎma) and Russian тьма (tʹma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Noun

táma f (Cyrillic spelling та́ма)

  1. darkness

Declension


Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

-tama (declinable)

  1. final

Swazi

Verb

-tama

  1. to strive, to try

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.


Swedish

Adjective

tama

  1. absolute singular definite and plural form of tam.

Anagrams


Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamaq (appropriate, suitable; fit together; hit the mark). Also possibly from Malay utama (perfect), ultimately from Sanskrit उत्तम (uttama, excellent).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ˈtamaʔ/, [ˈta.mɐʔ]

Adjective

tamà

  1. correct; right
    Synonyms: tumpak, wasto
  2. fit; proper (of one's actions, decisions, etc.)
    Synonyms: akma, tugma, angkop, bagay, nababagay
  3. hitting the mark
    Synonym: tingid
  4. winning (of a bet)
    Synonyms: nanalo, panalo

Derived terms

  • di-pagkakatama
  • di-tama
  • itama
  • magkatama-tama
  • magpatama
  • magtama
  • makatama
  • mapatama
  • matamaan
  • pagtama
  • pagtamain
  • patama
  • patamaan
  • patamain
  • tamaan
  • tama na
  • tamang-tama
  • tama sa
  • tinamaan ng lintik
  • tumama

Noun

tamà

  1. right answer; correct answer
  2. right thing to do; morally good or proper act
  3. successful hit, strike, or shot
  4. wound caused by a hit or shot (of a bullet, arrow, etc.)
  5. winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
  6. right fit or adjustment

Tetum

Etymology

Compare Maori tomo.

Verb

tama

  1. to enter

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ma/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Noun

tama

  1. child
  2. boy
  3. roe
  4. malformed coconut

Usage notes

  • For the sense "child", tama is only used to refer to a child in relation to either both its parents or its mother.

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 369

Wolof

Noun

tama (definite form tama ji)

  1. a small type of talking drum

References

  • Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 254
  • Fal, Arame; Santos, Rosine; Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 212
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