jama

From Assamese জামা (zama).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑama/

jama (Bengali script জামা)

1. shirt

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑmɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ja‧ma

jama

1. (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
2. seam in a seine
3. (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.

• maja

jama

1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃま

• IPA^(key):

jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)

1. (transitive) to work on something

• jamang

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

jama

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ja‧ma

jama f

1. cavity
2. cave
3. burrow
4. fossa
5. delve
6. ventricle

• jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

jama

1. sun
2. day

• 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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

• IPA^(key): /jâma/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ma

jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)

1. excavation, hole, cavity

   Postojna jama je kraljica svih jama. ― The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.

2. hollow, depression
3. hole, burrow

• “jama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

jama

Wikipedia ^sk

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

• IPA^(key):

jama f (relational adjective jamový, diminutive jamka or jamôčka, augmentative jamisko)

1. pit
2. hole

• “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, 2003–2024

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

jama

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From Proto-Slavic *ama.

• IPA^(key): /jàːma/

jáma f

1. cave

   Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam ― The Postojna cave is queen of all caves

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• “jama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “jama”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

-jama^?

1. to stand

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈxama/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ja‧ma

jama f (plural jamas)

1. (Honduras) small iguana

• “jama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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jama (present jamar, preterite jamade, supine jamat, imperative jama)

1. to meow

   Katten jamar

   The cat is meowing

• jam

• katt
• mjau

• jama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• Maja