dumai

Dama (Sierra Leone)

Etymology

Cognate with Vai [script needed] (dumari, “earthenware pot”), which is from [script needed] (duma, “earth”).

Noun

dumai

1. native style of pot

References

• Dalby, T. D. P. (1963) “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Latvian

Adjective

dumai

1. (dialectal form) dative singular feminine of dums