alama
See also: alamă
Estonian edit
Noun edit
alama
Hausa edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
àlāmā̀ f (plural alāmōmī or àlā̀mū, possessed form àlāmàr̃)
- mark (indication for reference or measurement)
- sign, symbol
- indication, evidence
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]
Noun edit
alama (plural alama-alama, first-person possessive alamaku, second-person possessive alamamu, third-person possessive alamanya)
Further reading edit
- “alama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Swahili edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
alama (n class, plural alama)
Derived terms edit
- alama ya kidole (“fingerprint”)
- alama ya mkato (“comma”)
- alama ya mshangao (“exclamation mark”)
- alama ya reli (“hash symbol”)