namma

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See also: nammá

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /namˈma/,
  • Hyphenation: nam‧ma

Noun

nammá

  1. genitive of nammáy

References

  • E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “nammay”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 195

Lule Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë.

Noun

namma

  1. name

Inflection

Even a-stem, mm-m gradation
Nominative namma
Genitive namá
Singular Plural
Nominative namma namá
Accusative namáv namájt
Genitive namá namáj
Illative nammaj namájda
Inessive namán namájn
Elative namás namájs
Comitative namájn namáj
Abessive namádagá
namádagi
namájdagá
namájdagi
Essive namman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person nammam nammama nammama
2nd person nammat nammada nammada
3rd person nammas nammaska nammasa

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈnamma/

Noun

namma

  1. name

Inflection

Even a-stem, mm-m gradation
Nominative namma
Genitive nama
Singular Plural
Nominative namma namat
Accusative nama namaid
Genitive nama namaid
Illative nammii namaide
Locative namas namain
Comitative namain namaiguin
Essive namman
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person namman nammame nammamet
2nd person nammat nammade nammadet
3rd person nammas nammaska nammaset

Related terms

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Old Irish

Adverb

namma

  1. Alternative spelling of nammá

Pite Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *nëmë, from Proto-Uralic *nime.

Pronunciation

Noun

namma

  1. name

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

Further reading

  • namma in Bidumsáme Báhkogirrje (Pite Sami word list)
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Sumerian

Romanization

namma

  1. Romanization of 𒇉 (namma)