tama

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈma/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Determiner

tamá

  1. this, that, these, those (feminine; near the spoken to)

See also

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tama”, 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)

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali তামা (tama).

Noun

tama

  1. copper

References

Bikol Central

Adjective

tamà

  1. correct
    Antonym: sala

Noun

tamà

  1. hit; strike; shot

Blagar

Adjective

tama

  1. tasty

References

Bunun

Noun

tama

  1. father

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).

Noun

tama

  1. light bulb

Czech

Pronunciation

Adverb

tama

  1. (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction
    Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

tama

  1. father

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of Tamagotchi

Pronunciation

Noun

tama (colloquial)

  1. Tamagotchi

Declension

Inflection of tama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative tama tamat
genitive taman tamojen
partitive tamaa tamoja
illative tamaan tamoihin
singular plural
nominative tama tamat
accusative nom. tama tamat
gen. taman
genitive taman tamojen
tamain rare
partitive tamaa tamoja
inessive tamassa tamoissa
elative tamasta tamoista
illative tamaan tamoihin
adessive tamalla tamoilla
ablative tamalta tamoilta
allative tamalle tamoille
essive tamana tamoina
translative tamaksi tamoiksi
abessive tamatta tamoitta
instructive tamoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tamani tamani
accusative nom. tamani tamani
gen. tamani
genitive tamani tamojeni
tamaini rare
partitive tamaani tamojani
inessive tamassani tamoissani
elative tamastani tamoistani
illative tamaani tamoihini
adessive tamallani tamoillani
ablative tamaltani tamoiltani
allative tamalleni tamoilleni
essive tamanani tamoinani
translative tamakseni tamoikseni
abessive tamattani tamoittani
instructive
comitative tamoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tamasi tamasi
accusative nom. tamasi tamasi
gen. tamasi
genitive tamasi tamojesi
tamaisi rare
partitive tamaasi tamojasi
inessive tamassasi tamoissasi
elative tamastasi tamoistasi
illative tamaasi tamoihisi
adessive tamallasi tamoillasi
ablative tamaltasi tamoiltasi
allative tamallesi tamoillesi
essive tamanasi tamoinasi
translative tamaksesi tamoiksesi
abessive tamattasi tamoittasi
instructive
comitative tamoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tamamme tamamme
accusative nom. tamamme tamamme
gen. tamamme
genitive tamamme tamojemme
tamaimme rare
partitive tamaamme tamojamme
inessive tamassamme tamoissamme
elative tamastamme tamoistamme
illative tamaamme tamoihimme
adessive tamallamme tamoillamme
ablative tamaltamme tamoiltamme
allative tamallemme tamoillemme
essive tamanamme tamoinamme
translative tamaksemme tamoiksemme
abessive tamattamme tamoittamme
instructive
comitative tamoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tamanne tamanne
accusative nom. tamanne tamanne
gen. tamanne
genitive tamanne tamojenne
tamainne rare
partitive tamaanne tamojanne
inessive tamassanne tamoissanne
elative tamastanne tamoistanne
illative tamaanne tamoihinne
adessive tamallanne tamoillanne
ablative tamaltanne tamoiltanne
allative tamallenne tamoillenne
essive tamananne tamoinanne
translative tamaksenne tamoiksenne
abessive tamattanne tamoittanne
instructive
comitative tamoinenne

Anagrams

Garo

Noun

tama

  1. copper

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

tamā f (possessed form tamar̃)

  1. iron ore

References

  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 196.

Hopi

Noun

tama

  1. tooth (body part)

Iban

Pronunciation

Verb

tama

  1. to come inside

Jamamadí

Noun

tama

  1. (Banawá) vine

References

Japanese

Romanization

tama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たま

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama (compare Fijian tama).

Noun

tama

  1. father

Latin

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

tama f (genitive tamae); first declension

  1. A kind of swelling of the feet and legs

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative tama tamae
genitive tamae tamārum
dative tamae tamīs
accusative tamam tamās
ablative tamā tamīs
vocative tama tamae

References

  • tama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Root
t-m-’
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ, greed, wish). The loss of the final is regular in this noun, but was generalised throughout the root (and is therefore reflected in the spelling). Compare, however, tema’.

Pronunciation

Noun

tama f (plural tamiet)

  1. hope
    Synonym: speranza

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).

Pronunciation

Verb

tama (imperfect jitma)

  1. to hope
Conjugation
Conjugation of tama
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m tmajt tmajt tama tmajna tmajtu tmaw
f tmat
imperfect m nitma titma jitma nitmaw titmaw jitmaw
f titma
imperative itma itmaw

Maori

Pronunciation

Noun

tama

  1. boy
  2. son
  3. male, man

References

tama” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Niuean

Noun

tama

  1. child

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German tam(m).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ta‧ma

Noun

tama f

  1. dam
    Synonyms: jaz, zapora

Declension

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

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

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

tama

  1. father
  2. godfather

Samoan

Noun

tama

  1. boy
  2. child

Usage notes

(In the sense: "child") Only said by or to mothers; can be differentiated into tamatane and tamafafine. Otherwise use atali'i or afafine.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *timāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Cognate with Bulgarian тъма (tǎma) and Russian тьма (tʹma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Noun

táma f (Cyrillic spelling та́ма)

  1. darkness

Declension

Further reading

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

Adjective

-tama (declinable)

  1. final

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

tama

  1. really, truly
    Synonym: kweli

Swazi

Verb

-tama

  1. to strive, to try

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Adjective

tama

  1. inflection of tam:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamaq (appropriate, suitable; fit together; hit the mark). Also possibly from Malay utama (perfect), ultimately from Sanskrit उत्तम (uttama, excellent).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)

  1. correct; right
    Synonyms: tumpak, wasto, (Marinduque) husto
  2. fit; proper (of one's actions, decisions, etc.)
    Synonyms: akma, tugma, angkop, bagay, nababagay
  3. hitting the mark
    Synonym: tingid
  4. winning (of a bet)
    Synonyms: nanalo, panalo

Derived terms

Noun

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)

  1. right answer; correct answer
  2. right thing to do; morally good or proper act
  3. successful hit, strike, or shot
  4. wound caused by a hit or shot (of a bullet, arrow, etc.)
  5. (colloquial) elevation in mood
  6. (colloquial, by extension) tipsiness
  7. winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
  8. right fit or adjustment

Further reading

  • tama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Tetum

Etymology

Compare Maori tomo.

Verb

tama

  1. to enter

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Noun

tama

  1. child
  2. boy
  3. roe
  4. malformed coconut

Usage notes

  • For the sense "child", tama is only used to refer to a child in relation to either both its parents or its mother.

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 369

Wolof

Noun

tama (definite form tama ji)

  1. a small type of talking drum

References

  • Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 254
  • Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 212