jama
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Atong (India)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
jama (Bengali script জামা)
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.
Pronunciation
Noun
jama
- (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
- seam in a seine
- (colloquial) A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
- Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
- Company A is in a really difficult situation.
Declension
| Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jamat | ||
| genitive | jaman | jamojen | ||
| partitive | jamaa | jamoja | ||
| illative | jamaan | jamoihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | jama | jamat | ||
| accusative | nom. | jama | jamat | |
| gen. | jaman | |||
| genitive | jaman | jamojen jamainrare | ||
| partitive | jamaa | jamoja | ||
| inessive | jamassa | jamoissa | ||
| elative | jamasta | jamoista | ||
| illative | jamaan | jamoihin | ||
| adessive | jamalla | jamoilla | ||
| ablative | jamalta | jamoilta | ||
| allative | jamalle | jamoille | ||
| essive | jamana | jamoina | ||
| translative | jamaksi | jamoiksi | ||
| abessive | jamatta | jamoitta | ||
| instructive | — | jamoin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
References
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
jama
Makasar
Pronunciation
Verb
jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)
- (transitive) to work on something
Derived terms
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
Noun
jama f
Declension
Declension of jama
Derived terms
Further reading
- jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rayón Zoque
Noun
jama
Derived terms
References
- Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
Noun
jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)
- excavation, hole, cavity
- Postojna jama je kraljica svih jama. ― The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
- hollow, depression
- hole, burrow
Declension
Declension of jama
Further reading
- “jama” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
Noun
jama f (genitive singular jamy, nominative plural jamy, genitive plural jám, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Declension of jama
Further reading
- “jama”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
Noun
jáma f
- cave
- Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam ― The Postojna cave is queen of all caves
Inflection
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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks. |
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | jáma | ||
| gen. sing. | jáme | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
jáma | jámi | jáme |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
jáme | jám | jám |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
jámi | jámama | jámam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
jámo | jámi | jáme |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
jámi | jámah | jámah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
jámo | jámama | jámami |
Further reading
- “jama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
- “jama”, in Termania, Amebis
- See also the general references
Southern Ndebele
Verb
-jama?
- to stand
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
jama f (plural jamas)
Further reading
- “jama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
jama (present jamar, preterite jamade, supine jamat, imperative jama)
- to meow
- Katten jamar ― The cat is meowing
Conjugation
Conjugation of jama (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | jama | jamas | ||
| Supine | jamat | jamats | ||
| Imperative | jama | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | jamen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | jamar | jamade | jamas | jamades |
| Ind. plural1 | jama | jamade | jamas | jamades |
| Subjunctive2 | jame | jamade | james | jamades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | jamande | |||
| Past participle | jamad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
See also
References
- jama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- jama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- jama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)