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Bukiyip
Pronunciation
Noun
yama
- mother
References
Ibanag
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *amax.
Noun
yama
- father
Coordinate terms
Jamamadí
Noun
yama
- (Banawá) thing
References
Japanese
Romanization
yama
- Rōmaji transcription of やま
Javanese
Romanization
yama
- Romanization of ꦪꦩ
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish llamar and Portuguese chamar.
Verb
yama
- to call (shout)
- to be called (one's name)
- to call by telephone
Phuthi
Etymology
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Verb
-yáma
- to touch
Inflection
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Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
yamá (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋ) (obsolete)
- act of searching through junk
- duty or responsibility
- Synonyms: tungkulin, sagutin, pananagutan
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
yamà (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜋ) (obsolete)
- touch; sense of touch
- Synonym: hipo
Derived terms
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish یامه (yama), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yama- (“to patch”), whence also Turkish yama- (“to patch”).
cognates
Cognate with
Karakhanid (jamaγ, “patch”);
Kazakh жамау (jamau),
Kyrgyz жамоо (jamoo),
Karachay-Balkar жамау (jamau),
Kumyk ямав (yamaw, “patch”);
Uzbek yamoq,
Uyghur ياماق (yamaq, “patch”);
Turkmen ýama,
Bashkir ямау (yamaw),
Azerbaijani yamaq (“patch”); also
Yakut самалык (samalık, “patch”).
Noun
yama (definite accusative yamayı, plural yamalar)
- birthmark
- patch
- (computing) patch
- (film) reprint, slug, build-up
- (surgery) graft
Declension
Derived terms
See also
References
Yoruba
Etymology
Borrowed from Hausa yamma.
Pronunciation
Noun
yámà
- west, sunset
- Synonym: ìwọ̀-oòrùn