agama

See also: Agama

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English

An agama

Etymology

From Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

Noun

agama (plural agamas)

1. Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.

Related terms

• agamid

Translations

lizard of the subfamily Agaminae

• Finnish: agama (fi)

• Portuguese: agama m

See also

• Agama on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AAMGA

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Ewe

Noun

agama

1. chameleon

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Finnish

Noun

agama

1. agama

Declension

Inflection of agama (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative		agama	agamat
genitive		agaman	agamien
partitive		agamaa	agamia
illative		agamaan	agamiin
		singular	plural
nominative		agama	agamat
accusative	nom.	agama	agamat
	gen.	agaman
genitive		agaman	agamien agamainrare
partitive		agamaa	agamia
inessive		agamassa	agamissa
elative		agamasta	agamista
illative		agamaan	agamiin
adessive		agamalla	agamilla
ablative		agamalta	agamilta
allative		agamalle	agamille
essive		agamana	agamina
translative		agamaksi	agamiksi
instructive		—	agamin
abessive		agamatta	agamitta
comitative		—	agamineen

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Ido

Adjective

agama

1. agamic

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay agama, from Sanskrit आगम (a traditional doctrine or precept).

Noun

agama (plural agama-agama, first-person possessive agamaku, second-person possessive agamamu, third-person possessive agamanya)

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

Usage notes

• agama Buddha (“Buddhism”)
• agama Hindu (“Hinduism”)
• agama Islam (“Islam”)
• agama Katolik (“Catholicism”)
• agama Kong Hu Cu (“Confucianism”)
• agama Kristen (“Christianity”)

Synonyms

• din
• kepercayaan

Derived terms

• beragama
• keagamaan
• mengagamakan
• seagama

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Italian

Etymology

From New Latin Agama, from Sranan Tongo agama (“lizard”), from a Gbe language; compare Ewe agama (“chameleon”).

Noun

agama m (invariable)

1. agama

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Latin

Adjective

agama

1. inflection of agamus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

agamā

1. ablative feminine singular of agamus

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit आगम (āgama, “a traditional doctrine or precept”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /aɡamə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /aɡama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

Noun

agama

1. religion (system of beliefs dealing with soul, deity and/or life after death)

Usage notes

• agama Buddha (“Buddhism”)
• agama Hindu (“Hinduism”)
• agama Islam (“Islam”)
• agama Katolik (“Catholicism”)
• agama Kristian (“Christianity”)

Synonyms

• anutan
• din
• kepercayaan

Derived terms

• beragama
• keagamaan

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Maranao

Etymology

From Sanskrit आगम (āgama).

Noun

agama

1. religion

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Portuguese

Noun

agama m (plural agamas)

1. agama (lizard of the subfamily Agaminae)

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɰa.ma/

Noun

Male marsh deer showing characteristic forked antlers, 2013. Both sexes also have dark legs and muzzle. Photo: Jonathan Wilkins.

Female marsh deer, Esteros del Iberá wetlands, Argentina, 2014. Photo: Leonel Baldoni.

agama

1. marsh deer, Blastocerus dichotomus

References

• E. Ireland field notes, confirmed with Piitsa, Muri, and other elders (all experienced hunters) in 1982 using José Cândido de Melo Carvalho's Atlas da Fauna Brasileira, Edições Melhoramentos, São Paulo, 1981.