homama

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Etymology

From homo +‎ ami +‎ -a.

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  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ma‧ma

Adjective

homama (accusative singular homaman, plural homamaj, accusative plural homamajn)

  1. humane, kind; humanitarian
    • Sergio Pokrovskij (translator), La Majstro kaj Margarita (The Master and Margarita) by Mikhail Bulgakov, Part 1, Chapter 13,
      — Mi estas nekuracebla, — trankvile respondis la gasto, — kaj kiam Stravinskij diras, ke li revenigos min en la vivon, mi ne kredas. Li estas homama kaj volas min konsoli.
      “I am incurable,” said the visitor calmly. “Even though Stravinsky says that he will send me back to normal life, I don’t believe him. He’s a humane man and he only wants to comfort me.” (Michael Glenny translation, Signet, 1967)
    • Cecil Bean (translator), La Naiveco de Pastro Brown (The Innocence of Father Brown) by G. K. Chesterton,
      Li estis unu el la grandaj francaj homamaj liberpensantoj, kies sola eraro estas, ke ilia kompato estas eĉ pli severa ol la justeco.
      He was one of the great humanitarian French freethinkers; and the only thing wrong with them is that they make mercy even colder than justice.
    • Vladimir Okc (translator), Unuetaĝa Usono (Одноэтажная Америка / Little Golden America) by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, Chapter 21,
      Kelkaj operacioj kaj kuracado dum jaro kaj duono forprenis tutan ilian ŝparmonon. Finfine tio pli similis rabatakon de banditoj ol homaman medicinan helpon.
      A few operations and treatment over a year and a half deprived them of all their savings. In the end, it was more like highway robbery than humanitarian medical assistance.

Related terms

  • homamo (“love for one's neighbor; charity”)
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