See also: Pama, pāma, and pâma

Italian

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Etymology

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False cognate of Telugu పాము (pāmu, snake, serpent). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ma

Noun

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pama m (invariable)

  1. banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)

Further reading

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  • pama in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French pâmer.

Verb

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a pama (third-person singular present pamează, past participle pamat) 1st conj.

  1. to swoon

Conjugation

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Spanish

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Adjective

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pama m or f (masculine and feminine plural pamas)

  1. Paman

West Makian

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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pama

  1. (interrogative) what?
    mene pama?what is this?
    pama mene?what is this?
    ni aim pama?what is your name?

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as pamá)