nama

See also: Nama, náma, namā, nämä, namą, and Nam Á

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Ambonese MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

nama

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

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Dupaningan AgtaEdit

NounEdit

nama

1. father

SynonymsEdit

• hama

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HausaEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

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

1. meat
2. wild animal

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IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

NounEdit

nama

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

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JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

nama

1. Rōmaji transcription of なま

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LatvianEdit

NounEdit

nama m

1. genitive singular of nams

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Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ˈnama]

PronounEdit

nama

1. inflection of mej:
   1. dative
   2. instrumental
   3. locative

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MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́man-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /namə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /nama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

NounEdit

nama (Jawi spelling نام‎, plural nama-nama)

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

SynonymsEdit

• isim / اسم‎

DescendantsEdit

• Ambonese Malay: nama

• Indonesian: nama

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MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English number.

NounEdit

nama

1. number, numeral
2. bill, invoice

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Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *namô (“name”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Old Frisian noma (West Frisian namme), Old Saxon and Old Dutch namo (Dutch naam), Old High German namo (German Name), Old Norse nafn (Swedish namn), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen, Old Irish ainm (Irish ainm), Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę) (Russian имя (imja)).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑmɑ/

NounEdit

nama m (nominative plural naman)

1. name
2. (grammar) noun, nameword

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nama (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nama	naman
accusative	naman	naman
genitive	naman	namena
dative	naman	namum

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

• bīnama — pronoun
• forenama — pronoun
• nambred (o) n. — register of names (on a tablet), Ger. Brett
• namcūþlīce adv. — by name

• namcūþ — well-known, celebrated
• nambōc (o) f. — register of names (in a book)
• namian — to name, mention, nominate, appoint
• nammǣlum adv. — by name

DescendantsEdit

• Middle English: name, nome
  • Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
  • English: name

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

PronounEdit

nȁma (Cyrillic spelling на̏ма)

1. to us (dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
2. us (locative plural of jȃ (“I”))
3. (with) us (instrumental plural of jȃ (“I”))

DeclensionEdit

Declension of nama

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

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SwahiliEdit

VerbEdit

nama

1. to be flexible

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VolapükEdit

NounEdit

nama

1. genitive singular of nam