ima

ima

1. Alternative form of Imma

• AIM, AMI, I am, IAM, MAI, MIA, Mai, Mia, aim, mai, mia

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq.

• IPA^(key): /ima/

ima

1. house

• François, Alexandre. 2008. An online lexicon of Araki (Santo, Vanuatu). Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) ‒ entry ima.

ima

1. millet

• IPA^(key): /ima/

ima

1. to come

   aparvr ti aparma paua, patrahr = If they both come the day after tomorrow, wait for them.

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

īmā

1. third-person singular possessed form of maitl (his/her/its hand)

From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan, compare Mongolian ямаа (jamaa).

ima

1. goat

ima

1. third-person singular possessed form of mayitl (his/her/its hand)

Inherited from Proto-Inuit *ima (“thus”), from Proto-Eskimo *imV (“thus”).

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ima/,

ima

1. such, thus (as follows), so that

• imaappoq

Back-formation from imád.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ima
• Rhymes: -mɒ

ima (plural imák)

1. prayer

   Synonyms: imádság, fohász

• ima in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• ami, mai

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

ima

1. (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

ima

1. feminine singular of imo

• ami, mai, mia

ima

1. hand

ima

1. Rōmaji transcription of いま

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈiː.ma/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ma/,

īma

1. inflection of īmus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

īmā

1. ablative feminine singular of īmus

• ima 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)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

ima

1. (anatomy) hand

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

ima

1. (anatomy) hand

ima

1. this (very close by)

ima m

1. (demonstrative) this

As for masculine of adjective above.

ima f

1. (demonstrative) this

As for feminine of adjective above.

ima n

1. (demonstrative) this

As for neuter of adjective above.

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ayaŋ”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

ima

1. any

ima

1. also, and

ima

1. thing, something

ima

1. (interrogative pronoun) what
2. (indefinite pronoun) thing

From im +‎ -a or possibly from Latin līmāre (“to besmirch, bespatter with mud”).

a ima (third-person singular present imă, past participle imat) 1st conjugation

1. (regional) to dirty, besmirch, make dirty with mud or dung
2. (regional, figuratively) to desecrate or defile through words or curses

• (to dirty): murdări, mânji (cu noroi sau baligă)
• (to defile): întina (cu vorba, înjurături)

• im
• imăciune

ima (Cyrillic spelling има) third-person singular present of imati

1. he has, she has

   ima mačku i psa ― she has a cat and a dog

2. there is

   uvijek ima izuzetak ― there is always an exception

ima

1. third-person singular present of imeti

Possibly from Hokkien 引媽 / 引妈 (ín-má). Compare Kapampangan ima.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔiˈmaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: i‧ma

imâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ)

1. mother

   Synonyms: mama, inay, ina, nanay, inang, nanang, mami

• “ima”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “ima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 178
• Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 720
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 546
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 27

ima

1. (anatomy) armpit

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ايما, from Arabic إِيْمَاء (ʔiymāʔ).

ima (definite accusative imayı, plural imalar)

1. hint
2. implication

• imalı "suggestive", "suggestively". "insinuatingly" (also in "imalı imalı" duplicative)

  She smiled suggestively and started to sing "you can leave your hat on". ― imalı imalı gülümsedikten sonra "şapkanı sakın çıkarma diye şarkı söylemeye başladı.