nama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nama"

Languages (30)

Ambonese Malay • Anguthimri • Central Huasteca Nahuatl • Dupaningan Agta • Garo • Hausa • Iban • Indonesian • Japanese • Javanese • Latvian • Lower Sorbian • Lutuv • Malay • Maori • Northern Sotho • Old English • Old Frisian • Pali • Plains Cree • Serbo-Croatian • Sotho • Swahili • Swazi • Tswana • Volapük • West Makian • Western Huasteca Nahuatl • Yoruba • Yosondúa Mixtec

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Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay nama.

Noun

nama

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

Anguthimri

Noun

nama

1. (Mpakwithi) rough-bark tea tree

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 187

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

nama

1. now

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

nama

1. father

Synonyms

• hama

Garo

Verb

nama

1. to be good

Antonyms

• namja

Derived terms

• -nam

Hausa

Etymology

An old Chadic borrowing (also attested as Gwandara nama, Ngas nam) from Benue-Congo, cognate to Tyap nam, Lela nəmə, Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nāmā̀ m (plural nāmū or nāmōmī, possessed form nāmàn)

1. meat
2. wild animal

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnama]
• Hyphenation: na‧ma

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman, “name”).

Noun

nama

1. name

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Austronesian *nəma (“what thing?”).

Pronoun

nama

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nama (“name”), from Classical Malay nama (“name”), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Etymology notes

In sense of "name", false cognate of English name, Dutch naam (“name”), or Japanese 名前 (なまえ, namae, “name”), 名 (な, na), お名前 (おなまえ, o-namae, “name”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnama/ [ˈna.ma]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: na‧ma

Noun

nama (plural nama-nama)

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

   Synonym: ngaran

2. title, epithet

   Synonyms: gelar, sebutan

3. fame

   Synonyms: kemasyhuran, kebaikan, keunggulan, kehormatan, ketenaran

Derived terms

• bernama
• kenamaan
• menamai
• menamakan
• penamaan
• ternama

• nama alternatif
• nama berterima
• nama botani
• nama daerah
• nama dagang
• nama daging
• nama diri
• nama domain
• nama ejekan
• nama generik
• nama ilmiah
• nama induk
• nama jenis
• nama julukan
• nama kapal
• nama kecil
• nama Latin
• nama lengkap
• nama panggilan
• nama panggilan radio
• nama panggung
• nama pedengan
• nama pengarang
• nama produk
• nama rupabumi
• nama sah
• nama samaran
• nama sistematik
• nama teknik
• nama timangan
• nama trivial
• nama tubuh

• kata nama

Further reading

• “nama” 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.

Japanese

Romanization

nama

1. Rōmaji transcription of なま

Javanese

Romanization

nama

1. romanization of ꦤꦩ

Latvian

Noun

nama m

1. genitive singular of nams

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnama]

Pronoun

nama

1. dative/instrumental/locative of mej

Lutuv

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *naŋ, from Proto-Tibeto-Burman *na-ŋ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nə məə]

Pronoun

nama (second person)

1. you

References

• Samson Lotven, Sui Hnem Par, James C. Wamsley, Kelly Berkson (2019) “Hnaring Lutuv Swadesh List”, in Indiana Working Papers in South Asian Languages and Cultures‎^[1], volume 1, number 1

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man) via Old Javanese, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Displaced Old Malay [script needed] (ngaran) attested in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription dated 900 AD, ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋajan.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈnamə/ [ˈna.mə]
  • Rhymes: -amə, -ə
• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˈnama/ [ˈna.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama, -a
• Hyphenation: na‧ma

Noun

nama (Jawi spelling نام, plural nama-nama)

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

   Synonym: isim

2. noun

   Synonym: kata nama

3. title, epithet.

   Synonyms: gelaran, sebutan

4. fame.

   Synonyms: kemasyhuran, kehormatan

Derived terms

• bernama
• kenamaan
• menamai
• menamakan
• penamaan
• ternama

• kata nama
• nama alternatif
• nama botani
• nama dagang
• nama daging
• nama diri
• nama domain
• nama ejekan
• nama ilmiah
• nama induk
• nama jenis
• nama jolokan
• nama julukan
• nama kapal
• nama kecil
• nama keluarga
• nama lengkap
• nama panggilan
• nama panggung
• nama pena
• nama pengarang
• nama produk
• nama sah
• nama saintifik
• nama samaran
• nama sistematik
• nama teknikal
• nama timangan

Descendants

• > Ambonese Malay: nama (inherited)
• > Indonesian: nama (inherited)

References

• Grant, Anthony P. (2005) “Norm-referenced lexicostatistics and Chamic”, in Chamic and beyond studies in mainland Austronesian languages‎^[2], Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 64
• Adelaar, K. Alexander (1992) Proto Malayic: the reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[3], Pacific Linguistics Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, page 140
• Edi Sedyawati, Ellya Iswati, Kusparyati Boedhijono, Dyah Widjajanti D. (1994) Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, →ISBN, pages 122-3
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “نام nama”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 138
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “نام nama”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 670
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “nama”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 162

Further reading

• “nama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English number.

Noun

nama

1. number, numeral
2. bill, invoice

Derived terms

• nama waea (“telephone number”)
• noho nama (“to be in debt”)

Verb

nama (passive namaa or namahia or namaia or namangia)

1. to owe, to be in debt
2. to borrow, to obtain on credit
3. to lend, to give credit

Further reading

• “nama” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nama

1. meat, flesh

Old English

Alternative forms

• noma

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.mɑ/

Noun

nama m (nominative plural naman)

1. name
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Nū synd sume men þe nyton hwæt sē nama [Cathedra Sancti Petri] ġetacnaþ.

     Now there are some men who don't know what the name Cathedra Sancti Petri means.

   Rōse be ǣnigum ōðrum naman stunce swā swōte.

   A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

2. (grammar) noun
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

     Ealle naman...bēoþ ġebīgede on fīf declinungum.

     All nouns...are inflected in five declensions.

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	nama	naman
accusative	naman	naman
genitive	naman	namena
dative	naman	namum

Derived terms

• bīnama (“pronoun”)
• forenama (“pronoun”)
• frēonama (“a surname”)
• nambōc (“register of names (in a book)”)
• nambred (“register of names (on a tablet)”) (German Brett)
• namcūþ (“well-known, celebrated”)
• namcūþlīċe (“by name”)
• namian (“to name, mention, nominate, appoint”)
• nammǣlum (“by name”)
• tōnama (“a surname”)

Related terms

• nemnian

Descendants

• Middle English: name, nome (West Midland, Southern)
  • English: name
    • → Sranan Tongo: nen
    • → Japanese: ネーム
  • Geordie English: nyem
  • Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
  • Yola: naame, name, naume

Old Frisian

Noun

nama m

1. alternative form of noma

Declension

Declension of nama (masculine n-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	nama	nama
genitive	nama	namana, namena
dative	nama	namum, namem
accusative	nama	nama

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• नम (Devanagari script)
• নম (Bengali script)
• නම (Sinhalese script)
• နမ or ၼမ (Burmese script)
• นม or นะมะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ນມ or ນະມະ (Lao script)
• នម (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

nama

1. second-person singular imperative active of namati (“to bend”)

Plains Cree

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈma/
• Hyphenation: na‧ma

Adverb

nama (Syllabics ᓇᒪ)

1. not

Synonyms

• namôya

References

• H. C. Wolfart (1996) “Sketch of Cree, an Algonquian language”, in Handbook of North American Indians, volume 17, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, page 438

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâma/
• Hyphenation: na‧ma

Pronoun

nȁma (Cyrillic spelling на̏ма)

1. to us (dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
2. us (locative plural of jȃ (“I”))
3. us (instrumental plural of jȃ (“I”))
4. (emphatic, possessive, dative) alternative form of nam; our, of ours

   Gdje je nama auto?

   Where is our car?

Declension

Declension of nama

	singular	plural
nominative	jȃ	mȋ
genitive	mȅne, me	nȃs
dative	mȅni, mi	nȁma, nam
accusative	mȅne, me	nȃs
vocative	—	mȋ
locative	mȅni	nȁma
instrumental	mnȏm, mnóme	nȁma

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nama class 9/10 (plural dinama)

1. meat, flesh

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-nama (infinitive kunama)

1. to be flexible

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nama
Positive present -nanama Subjunctive -name Negative -nami Imperative singular nama
Infinitives
Positive kunama Negative kutonama
Imperatives
Singular nama Plural nameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunama Positive past positive subject concord + -linama Negative past negative subject concord + -kunama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanama) Singular Plural 1st person ninanama/nanama tunanama 2nd person unanama mnanama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananama wananama other classes positive subject concord + -nanama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nami) Singular Plural 1st person sinami hatunami 2nd person hunami hamnami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanami hawanami other classes negative subject concord + -nami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanama Negative future negative subject concord + -tanama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -name) Singular Plural 1st person niname tuname 2nd person uname mname 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aname waname other classes positive subject concord + -name
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siname Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenama Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenama Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinama Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anama) Singular Plural 1st person nanama twanama 2nd person wanama mwanama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anama wanama m-mi(III/IV) wanama yanama ji-ma(V/VI) lanama yanama ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanama vyanama n(IX/X) yanama zanama u(XI) wanama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanama pa(XVI) panama mu(XVIII) mwanama
Perfect positive subject concord + -menama "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanama "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janama "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinama "If not" positive subject concord + -siponama Consecutive kanama / positive subject concord + -kanama Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaname
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninama -tunama 2nd person -kunama -wanama/-kunameni/-wanameni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnama -wanama m-mi(III/IV) -unama -inama ji-ma(V/VI) -linama -yanama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinama -vinama n(IX/X) -inama -zinama u(XI) -unama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunama pa(XVI) -panama mu(XVIII) -munama Reflexive -jinama
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nama- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -namaye -namao m-mi(III/IV) -namao -namayo ji-ma(V/VI) -namalo -namayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -namacho -namavyo n(IX/X) -namayo -namazo u(XI) -namao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -namako pa(XVI) -namapo mu(XVIII) -namamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nama) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenama -onama m-mi(III/IV) -onama -yonama ji-ma(V/VI) -lonama -yonama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonama -vyonama n(IX/X) -yonama -zonama u(XI) -onama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konama pa(XVI) -ponama mu(XVIII) -monama
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Swazi

Verb

-nama

1. to tease (for fun)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nà.mà/

Noun

nama (plural dinama)

1. meat, flesh

Volapük

Noun

nama

1. genitive singular of nam

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈn̪a.ma/

Noun

nama

1. flower

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

nama

1. now, today

Yoruba

Etymology

Borrowed from Hausa nāmā̀, ultimately from Benue-Congo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nã́.mà/

Noun

námà

1. beef

   Synonym: ẹran màlúù

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

From Proto-Mixtec *náwą̀.

Noun

nama

1. wall

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *nàwą̀ʔ.

Noun

nama

1. soap

Etymology 3

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

Verb

nama

1. (transitive) save, rescue
2. (transitive) protect, defend
3. (transitive) escape

Etymology 4

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

Adverb

nama

1. (interrogative) when?

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn, et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)‎^[5] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 49