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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغلامه (ağlama, “cry, weep, lament”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡalǎːma/
- Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ma
Noun
galáma f (Cyrillic spelling гала́ма)
- fuss, buzz, noise (of human voices)
Declension
Uneapa
Etymology
From earlier *galam. Cognate with Muduapa gala.
Pronunciation
Verb
galama
- to work
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366