bama
English edit
Noun edit
bama (plural bamas)
- Alternative form of bamma (“an unstylish rural person; a hick”).
- 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 79:
- I had already exposed myself. A backwoods bama, a Bible thumper.
Anagrams edit
Bambara edit
Noun edit
bama
Jamamadí edit
Noun edit
bama
- (Banawá) catfish
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Warungu edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bama
References edit
- Tsunoda, Tasaku. (2011) A Grammar of Warrongo