okama

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese オカマ (okama).

Noun

okama (plural okama)

1. A gay man, in the context of Japanese culture, especially one who is effeminate or cross-dresses.

Etymology 2

Noun

okama (plural okamek)

1. A Native American leader

Garo

Verb

okama

1. To call

   Skigipa chatrorangko classona okama.

   The teacher calls the students to class.

Conjugation

Tense inflections for okama (see Appendix:Garo verbs)

		Declarative			Interrogative		Potential
		Positive	Negative	"not yet"	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative
Present	Simple	okama	okamja	okamkuja	okamama	okamjama	okamakon	okamjakon
	Continuous	okamenga	okamjaenga	okamkujaenga	okamengama	okamjaengama	okamaengakon	okamjaengakon
Past		okamaha	okamjaha	okamkujaha	okamahama	okamjahama	okamahakon	okamjahakon
Future		okamgen, okamnoa1	okamjawa	okamkujawa	okamgenma, okamnoama1	okamjawama	okamgenkon, okamnoakon1	okamjawakon
"probably"		okamnabaginang	okamjanabaginang	–	–	–	–	–
Intentional		okamnajok	okamjanajok	–	–	–	–	–
Change of state	Non-past	okamjok	okamjajok	–	–	–	–	–
	Past	okamahajok	okamjahajok	–	–	–	–	–
Imperative	Second person	okambo	okamnabe	–	–	–	–	–
	Third person	okamkan, okamkana	okamjakan, okamjakana	–	–	–	–	–
Formal imperative		okambone	okamnabene	–	–	–	–	–
Infinitive		okamna	okamjana	–	–	–	–	–
1Dialectal.

Japanese

Romanization

okama

1. Rōmaji transcription of おかま
2. Rōmaji transcription of オカマ

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

okama

1. dative/locative/instrumental plural of oka