tama

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

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

Bikol Central

Adjective

tamà

1. correct

   Antonym: sala

Noun

tamà

1. hit; strike; shot

Blagar

Adjective

tama

1. tasty

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Bunun

Noun

tama

1. father

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).

Noun

tama

1. light bulb

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Adverb

tama

1. (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction

   Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian .

Noun

tama

1. father

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of Tamagotchi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmɑ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧ma

Noun

tama (colloquial)

1. Tamagotchi

Declension

Anagrams

• maat

Garo

Noun

tama

1. copper

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.máː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

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

• IPA^(key): /tamaʔ/

Verb

tama

1. to come inside

Jamamadí

Noun

tama

1. (Banawá) vine

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.ma/
• Homophone: tagħma (except archaically)

Noun

tama f (plural tamiet)

1. hope

   Synonym: speranza

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

Verb

tama (imperfect jitma)

1. to hope

Conjugation

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

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:

tama

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German tam(m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ta‧ma

Noun

tama f

1. 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

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

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

-tama (declinable)

1. final

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

• mata

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtamaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

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. winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
7. right fit or adjustment

Further reading

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

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