alama

See also: alamă

Estonian

Noun

alama

1. genitive singular of alam

Hausa

Alternative forms

• hàlāmā̀

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔà.láː.màː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ʔà.láː.màː]

• Audio (Nigeria):

  (file)

Noun

àlāmā̀ f (plural alāmōmī or àlā̀mū, possessed form àlāmàr̃)

1. mark (indication for reference or measurement)
2. sign, symbol
3. indication, evidence

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]

Noun

alama (plural alama-alama, first-person possessive alamaku, second-person possessive alamamu, third-person possessive alamanya)

1. incense from Shorea.

Further reading

• “alama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

alama (n class, plural alama)

1. mark, grade (indication for reference or measurement)
2. sign, symbol
3. scar

Derived terms

• alama ya kidole (“fingerprint”)
• alama ya mkato (“comma”)
• alama ya mshangao (“exclamation mark”)
• alama ya reli (“hash symbol”)