jama
See also: Jama, JAMA, jáma, jämä, jamą, јама, and яма
Atong (India)
Etymology
From Assamese জামা (zama).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑama/
Noun
jama (Bengali script জামা)
- shirt
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈjɑmɑ/, [ˈjɑmɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
- Syllabification(key): ja‧ma
Noun
jama
- (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
- seam in a seine
- (colloquial) A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
- Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
- Company A is in a really difficult situation.
Declension
| Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jamat | |
| genitive | jaman | jamojen | |
| partitive | jamaa | jamoja | |
| illative | jamaan | jamoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jama | jamat | |
| accusative | nom. | jama | jamat |
| gen. | jaman | ||
| genitive | jaman | jamojen jamainrare | |
| partitive | jamaa | jamoja | |
| inessive | jamassa | jamoissa | |
| elative | jamasta | jamoista | |
| illative | jamaan | jamoihin | |
| adessive | jamalla | jamoilla | |
| ablative | jamalta | jamoilta | |
| allative | jamalle | jamoille | |
| essive | jamana | jamoina | |
| translative | jamaksi | jamoiksi | |
| instructive | — | jamoin | |
| abessive | jamatta | jamoitta | |
| comitative | — | jamoineen | |
| Possessive forms of jama (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | jamani | jamamme |
| 2nd person | jamasi | jamanne |
| 3rd person | jamansa | |
Anagrams
- maja
Japanese
Romanization
jama
- Rōmaji transcription of じゃま
Makasar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɟama]
Verb
jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)
- (transitive) to work on something
Derived terms
- jamang
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈja.ma/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: ja‧ma
Noun
jama f
- cavity
- cave
- burrow
- fossa
- delve
- ventricle
Declension
Declension of jama
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jamy |
| genitive | jamy | jam |
| dative | jamie | jamom |
| accusative | jamę | jamy |
| instrumental | jamą | jamami |
| locative | jamie | jamach |
| vocative | jamo | jamy |
Derived terms
- jama ustna
- jamisty
- jamowy
Further reading
- jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rayón Zoque
Noun
jama
- sun
- day
Derived terms
- jamaduꞌkyʌ
- jamadʌꞌkʌ
- jamajama
- jamajʌyʌ
- jamakuk
- jamaminʌ
- jamaniŋgʌꞌ
- jamasamu
- jamgʌdʌjku
References
- Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jâma/
- Hyphenation: ja‧ma
Noun
jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)
- excavation, hole, cavity
- Postojna jama je kraljica svih jama. ― The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
- hollow, depression
- hole, burrow
Declension
Declension of jama
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jame |
| genitive | jame | jama |
| dative | jami | jamama |
| accusative | jamu | jame |
| vocative | jamo | jame |
| locative | jami | jamama |
| instrumental | jamom | jamama |
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjama]
Noun
jama f (genitive singular jamy, nominative plural jamy, genitive plural jám, declension pattern of žena)
- pit
- hole
Declension
Declension of jama
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jamy |
| genitive | jamy | jám |
| dative | jame | jamám |
| accusative | jamu | jamy |
| locative | jame | jamách |
| instrumental | jamou | jamami |
References
- jama in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jàːma/
Noun
jáma f
- cave
- Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam ― The Postojna cave is queen of all caves
Inflection
| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | jáma | ||
| gen. sing. | jáme | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) | jáma | jámi | jáme |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) | jáme | jám | jám |
| dative (dajȃlnik) | jámi | jámama | jámam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) | jámo | jámi | jáme |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) | jámi | jámah | jámah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) | jámo | jámama | jámami |
Further reading
- “jama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Southern Ndebele
Verb
-jama?
- to stand
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Spanish
Noun
jama f (plural jamas)
- (Honduras) small iguana
Further reading
- “jama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Verb
jama (present jamar, preterite jamade, supine jamat, imperative jama)
- to meow
- Katten jamar ― The cat is meowing
Conjugation
Conjugation of jama (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | jama | jamas | ||
| Supine | jamat | jamats | ||
| Imperative | jama | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | jamen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | jamar | jamade | jamas | jamades |
| Ind. plural1 | jama | jamade | jamas | jamades |
| Subjunctive2 | jame | jamade | james | jamades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | jamande | |||
| Past participle | jamad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- jam
See also
- mjau
Anagrams
- Maja