zama
See also: Zama
English
editNoun
editzama (plural zamas)
- Synonym of zama-zama
- 2017 June 29, Warren Thompson, “Sibanye could be losing R756m to illegal miners”, in The Citizen[1]:
- There are “food syndicates” that only exist to supply food to zamas at mines in the West Wits and Free State.
Anagrams
editBasque
editEtymology
editPronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: za‧ma
Noun
editzama inan
- load, cargo
- Synonym: karga
- egur zama ― load of firewood
- burden
- Mesede hori zuri egitea zama bat besterik ez da niretzat. ― Doing that favor for you is nothing but a burden for me.
Declension
editDeclension of zama (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | zama | zama | zamak |
ergative | zamak | zamak | zamek |
dative | zamari | zamari | zamei |
genitive | zamaren | zamaren | zamen |
comitative | zamarekin | zamarekin | zamekin |
causative | zamarengatik | zamarengatik | zamengatik |
benefactive | zamarentzat | zamarentzat | zamentzat |
instrumental | zamaz | zamaz | zamez |
inessive | zamatan | zaman | zametan |
locative | zamatako | zamako | zametako |
allative | zamatara | zamara | zametara |
terminative | zamataraino | zamaraino | zametaraino |
directive | zamatarantz | zamarantz | zametarantz |
destinative | zamatarako | zamarako | zametarako |
ablative | zamatatik | zamatik | zametatik |
partitive | zamarik | — | — |
prolative | zamatzat | — | — |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “zama”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “zama”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Hausa
editPronunciation
editNoun
editzamā m (possessed form zaman)
- sitting, dwelling, existence
- verbal noun of zama
References
edit- Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 230.
Italian
editNoun
editzama f (invariable)
Northern Ndebele
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jìjama, positional form of Proto-Bantu *-jìja (“to come”).
Verb
edit-zama
- to try
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Southern Ndebele
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jìjama, positional form of Proto-Bantu *-jìja (“to come”).
Verb
edit-zama
- to try
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swahili
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editzama (n class, plural zama)
Etymology 2
editVerb
edit-zama (infinitive kuzama)
Conjugation
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Thao
editNoun
editzama
Xhosa
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jìjama, positional form of Proto-Bantu *-jìja (“to come”).
Verb
edit-zama
- (transitive) to try
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
editZulu
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jìjama, positional form of Proto-Bantu *-jìja (“to come”).
Verb
edit-zama
Inflection
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “zama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “zama (6.3)”
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