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Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈma/
- Hyphenation: ta‧ma
Determiner
tamá
- this, that, these, those (feminine; near the spoken to)
See also
Afar demonstrative determiners
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
- copper
References
Bikol Central
Adjective
tamà
- correct
- Antonym: sala
Noun
tamà
- hit; strike; shot
Blagar
Adjective
tama
- tasty
References
Bunun
Noun
tama
- father
Chuukese
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).
Noun
tama
- light bulb
Czech
Pronunciation
Adverb
tama
- (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction
- Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.
Noun
tama
- father
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of Tamagotchi
Pronunciation
Noun
tama (colloquial)
- Tamagotchi
Declension
Anagrams
Garo
Noun
tama
- copper
Hausa
Pronunciation
Noun
tamā f (possessed form tamar̃)
- 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
- tooth (body part)
Iban
Pronunciation
Verb
tama
- to come inside
Jamamadí
Noun
tama
- (Banawá) vine
References
Japanese
Romanization
tama
- Rōmaji transcription of たま
Kavalan
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *ama (compare Fijian tama).
Noun
tama
- father
Latin
Etymology
Unknown
Noun
tama f (genitive tamae); first declension
- A kind of swelling of the feet and legs
Declension
First-declension noun.
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
Etymology 1
From Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ, “greed, wish”). The loss of the final għ 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)
- hope
- Synonym: speranza
Etymology 2
From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).
Pronunciation
Verb
tama (imperfect jitma)
- to hope
Conjugation
Maori
Pronunciation
Noun
tama
- boy
- son
- 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
- child
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German tam(m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.ma/
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: ta‧ma
Noun
tama f
- dam
- Synonyms: jaz, zapora
Declension
Derived terms
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
- father
- godfather
Samoan
Noun
tama
- boy
- 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)
- 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)
- final
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
tama
- really, truly
- Synonym: kweli
Swazi
Verb
-tama
- to strive, to try
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Adjective
tama
- inflection of tam:
- definite singular
- 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)
- correct; right
- Synonyms: tumpak, wasto, (Marinduque) husto
- fit; proper (of one's actions, decisions, etc.)
- Synonyms: akma, tugma, angkop, bagay, nababagay
- hitting the mark
- Synonym: tingid
- winning (of a bet)
- Synonyms: nanalo, panalo
Derived terms
Noun
tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)
- right answer; correct answer
- right thing to do; morally good or proper act
- successful hit, strike, or shot
- wound caused by a hit or shot (of a bullet, arrow, etc.)
- (colloquial) elevation in mood
- (colloquial, by extension) tipsiness
- winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
- right fit or adjustment
Further reading
- “tama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Tetum
Etymology
Compare Maori tomo.
Verb
tama
- to enter
Tokelauan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.
Pronunciation
Noun
tama
- child
- boy
- roe
- 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)
- 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