homa

See also: Homa, hóma, and homa-

English

Noun

homa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of haoma (“sacred plant”)

Chickasaw

Adjective

homa

1. Humes' spelling of homma

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• homma
• humma

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

homa

1. red

Esperanto

Etymology

homo +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhoma]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: ho‧ma

Adjective

homa (accusative singular homan, plural homaj, accusative plural homajn)

1. human

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

homa (present tense homar, past tense homa, past participle homa, passive infinitive homast, present participle homande, imperative homa/hom)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of homma

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀳𑁄𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• होम (Devanagari script)
• হোম (Bengali script)
• හොම (Sinhalese script)
• ဟောမ or ႁေႃမ (Burmese script)
• โหม or โหมะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຫມ or ໂຫມະ (Lao script)
• ហោម (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄮𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

homa

1. present/imperative active first-person plural of hoti (“to be”)

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّة (ḥumma).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

homa (n class, plural homa)

1. fever
2. (euphemistic) any illness or infection

Synonyms

• (fever): harara

Derived terms

• homa ya matumbo (“typhoid”)

Zazaki

Noun

homa

1. god