Ambonese Malay

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Etymology

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From Malay nama.

Noun

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nama

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

Anguthimri

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Noun

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nama

  1. (Mpakwithi) rough-bark tea tree

References

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

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

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Adverb

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nama

  1. now

Dupaningan Agta

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Noun

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nama

  1. father

Synonyms

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Garo

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Verb

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nama

  1. to be good

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Hausa

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. meat
  2. wild animal

Iban

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit नामन् (nāman, name).

Noun

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nama

  1. name

Etymology 2

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

Pronoun

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nama

  1. what (interrogative pronoun)

Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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nama (plural nama-nama, first-person possessive namaku, second-person possessive namamu, third-person possessive namanya)

  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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Romanization

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nama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of なま

Javanese

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Romanization

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nama

  1. Romanization of ꦤꦩ

Latvian

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Noun

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nama m

  1. genitive singular of nams

Lower Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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nama

  1. dative/instrumental/locative of mej

Malay

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Etymology

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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.

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nama (Jawi spelling نام, plural nama-nama, informal 1st possessive namaku, 2nd possessive namamu, 3rd possessive namanya)

  1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)
  2. noun
    Synonym: kata nama
  3. title, epithet.
    Synonyms: gelaran, sebutan
  4. fame.
    Synonyms: kemasyhuran, kehormatan

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Ambonese Malay: nama
  • Indonesian: nama

Further reading

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References

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  • Grant, Anthony P. (2005) “Norm-referenced lexicostatistics and Chamic”, in Chamic and beyond studies in mainland Austronesian languages[1], 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[2], 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

Maori

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English number.

Noun

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nama

  1. number, numeral
  2. bill, invoice

Northern Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

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nama

  1. meat, flesh

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Old Frisian

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Noun

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nama m

  1. Alternative form of noma

Declension

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Declension of nama

(masculine n-stem)

singular plural
nominative nama nama
genitive nama namana, namena
dative nama namum, namem
accusative nama nama

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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nama

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

Plains Cree

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Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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nama (Syllabics ᓇᒪ)

  1. not

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nȁma (Cyrillic spelling на̏ма)

  1. to us (dative plural of (I))
  2. us (locative plural of (I))
  3. us (instrumental plural of (I))
  4. (emphatic, possessive, dative) Alternative form of nam; our, of ours
    Gdje je nama auto?
    Where is our car?

Declension

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Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

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nama class 9/10 (plural dinama)

  1. meat, flesh

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-nama (infinitive kunama)

  1. to be flexible

Conjugation

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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

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Verb

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-nama

  1. to tease (for fun)

Inflection

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Tswana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

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Noun

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nama (plural dinama)

  1. meat, flesh

Volapük

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nama

  1. genitive singular of nam

West Makian

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Noun

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nama

  1. flower

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics

Western Huasteca Nahuatl

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Adverb

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nama

  1. now, today

Yoruba

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hausa nāmā̀, ultimately from Benue-Congo.

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námà

  1. beef
    Synonym: ẹran màlúù

Yosondúa Mixtec

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Mixtec *náwą̀.

Noun

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nama

  1. wall

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Mixtec *nàwą̀ʔ.

Noun

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nama

  1. soap

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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nama

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

Etymology 4

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Adverb

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nama

  1. when?

References

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  • 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)‎[4] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 49