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Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Icelandic heimur; also Albanian komb.
Noun
hama n
- (Timau) home
References
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hama.
Pronunciation
Adjective
hama (rare)
- fuzzy
- direct
Usage notes
Still common in some adverbial uses, but no longer used as an adjective.
Declension
Derived terms
Anagrams
Hadza
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hama m (masc. plural habii, fem. hako, fem. plural habee)
- this, this one
Related terms
Verb
hama
- to sit, stay, live in a place
- Synonym: dlâe
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from English hammer.
Pronunciation
Noun
hamā̀ f (plural hamōmī, possessed form hamàr̃)
- hammer
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦩ (ama, “insect pest, plant disease; public nuisance”), probably from Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hama (plural hama-hama, first-person possessive hamaku, second-person possessive hamamu, third-person possessive hamanya)
- pest
- Synonym: perosak (Standard Malay)
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Further reading
Irish
Pronunciation
Noun
hama m
- h-prothesized form of ama
References
Jamamadí
Adjective
hama
- (Banawá) angry
References
Japanese
Romanization
hama
- Rōmaji transcription of はま
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μη (ámē).
Pronunciation
Noun
hama f (genitive hamae); first declension
- a water-bucket or pail (especially one for extinguishing fires), a firebucket
- (Medieval Latin) a vessel for holding wine
- a wine-cup, a goblet
- a measure of wine
- (by extension) a general measure of other liquids
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
References
- “hăma (ama)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “hama”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- 2. AMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- 3. AMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- HAMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- (ăma) hăma (ăma) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 735/2.
- “(h)ama” on page 785/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ama”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “hama”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 479/2
Maori
Etymology
From English hammer.
Pronunciation
Noun
hama
- hammer
- malleus (hammer ear bone)
Verb
hama (passive hamaia or hamatia)
- to hammer
Derived terms
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô.
Pronunciation
Noun
hama m
- a covering
- Synonym: ham
- a skin or membrane
Declension
Declension of hama (weak)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Old Norse
Noun
hama
- genitive plural of hamr
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of cnàimh.
Pronunciation
Noun
hama f
- ham
Sotho
Verb
hama
- to milk
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-hama (infinitive kuhama)
- to move, to emigrate, to evacuate
Conjugation
| Conjugation of -hama
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| Positive present
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-nahama
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| Subjunctive
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-hame
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| Negative
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-hami
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| Imperative singular
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hama
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| Infinitives
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| Imperatives
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| Tensed forms
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| Habitual
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huhama
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| Positive past
|
positive subject concord + -lihama
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| Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kuhama
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahama)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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ninahama/nahama
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tunahama
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| 2nd person
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unahama
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mnahama
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anahama
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wanahama
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -nahama
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -hami)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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sihami
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hatuhami
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| 2nd person
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huhami
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hamhami
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hahami
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hawahami
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| other classes
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negative subject concord + -hami
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| Positive future
|
positive subject concord + -tahama
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| Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tahama
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hame)
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Singular
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Plural
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| 1st person
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nihame
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tuhame
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| 2nd person
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uhame
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mhame
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| 3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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ahame
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wahame
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| other classes
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positive subject concord + -hame
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| Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sihame
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| Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngehama
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| Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singehama
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| Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalihama
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| Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalihama
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| Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mehama
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| "Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshahama
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| "Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jahama
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| "If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kihama
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| "If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipohama
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| Consecutive
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kahama / positive subject concord + -kahama
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| Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kahame
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Derived terms
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English hammer.
Noun
hama
- hammer
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *sama. Cognates include Samoan sama and Fijian sama.
Pronunciation
Verb
hama (plural hahama)
- (intransitive) to shine one's body by rubbing coconut oil on it
Derived terms
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 297
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
hama
- mind, intellect
- reason
- sanity
- consciousness, awareness
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “рассудок, сознание, ум, чувство”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Woi
Noun
hama
- buttocks