hama

See also: Hama, ham·a, háma, hà mã, and ham-á

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• hame (Sappada, Sauris)

Etymology

From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Icelandic heimur; also Albanian komb.

Noun

hama n

1. (Timau) home

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑmɑ/, [ˈhɑ̝mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ha‧ma

Adjective

hama (rare)

1. fuzzy
2. direct

Usage notes

Still common in some adverbial uses, but no longer used as an adjective.

Declension

Inflection of hama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		hama	hamat
genitive		haman	hamojen
partitive		hamaa	hamoja
illative		hamaan	hamoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hama	hamat
accusative	nom.	hama	hamat
	gen.	haman
genitive		haman	hamojen hamain rare
partitive		hamaa	hamoja
inessive		hamassa	hamoissa
elative		hamasta	hamoista
illative		hamaan	hamoihin
adessive		hamalla	hamoilla
ablative		hamalta	hamoilta
allative		hamalle	hamoille
essive		hamana	hamoina
translative		hamaksi	hamoiksi
abessive		hamatta	hamoitta
instructive		—	hamoin
comitative		—	hamoine

Possessive forms of hama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hamani hamani accusative nom. hamani hamani gen. hamani genitive hamani hamojeni hamaini rare partitive hamaani hamojani inessive hamassani hamoissani elative hamastani hamoistani illative hamaani hamoihini adessive hamallani hamoillani ablative hamaltani hamoiltani allative hamalleni hamoilleni essive hamanani hamoinani translative hamakseni hamoikseni abessive hamattani hamoittani instructive — — comitative — hamoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative hamasi hamasi accusative nom. hamasi hamasi gen. hamasi genitive hamasi hamojesi hamaisi rare partitive hamaasi hamojasi inessive hamassasi hamoissasi elative hamastasi hamoistasi illative hamaasi hamoihisi adessive hamallasi hamoillasi ablative hamaltasi hamoiltasi allative hamallesi hamoillesi essive hamanasi hamoinasi translative hamaksesi hamoiksesi abessive hamattasi hamoittasi instructive — — comitative — hamoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hamamme hamamme accusative nom. hamamme hamamme gen. hamamme genitive hamamme hamojemme hamaimme rare partitive hamaamme hamojamme inessive hamassamme hamoissamme elative hamastamme hamoistamme illative hamaamme hamoihimme adessive hamallamme hamoillamme ablative hamaltamme hamoiltamme allative hamallemme hamoillemme essive hamanamme hamoinamme translative hamaksemme hamoiksemme abessive hamattamme hamoittamme instructive — — comitative — hamoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hamanne hamanne accusative nom. hamanne hamanne gen. hamanne genitive hamanne hamojenne hamainne rare partitive hamaanne hamojanne inessive hamassanne hamoissanne elative hamastanne hamoistanne illative hamaanne hamoihinne adessive hamallanne hamoillanne ablative hamaltanne hamoiltanne allative hamallenne hamoillenne essive hamananne hamoinanne translative hamaksenne hamoiksenne abessive hamattanne hamoittanne instructive — — comitative — hamoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hamansa hamansa accusative nom. hamansa hamansa gen. hamansa genitive hamansa hamojensa hamainsa rare partitive hamaansa hamojaan hamojansa inessive hamassaan hamassansa hamoissaan hamoissansa elative hamastaan hamastansa hamoistaan hamoistansa illative hamaansa hamoihinsa adessive hamallaan hamallansa hamoillaan hamoillansa ablative hamaltaan hamaltansa hamoiltaan hamoiltansa allative hamalleen hamallensa hamoilleen hamoillensa essive hamanaan hamanansa hamoinaan hamoinansa translative hamakseen hamaksensa hamoikseen hamoiksensa abessive hamattaan hamattansa hamoittaan hamoittansa instructive — — comitative — hamoineen hamoinensa

Derived terms

• hamaan
• hamassa
• hamasta

Anagrams

• Haam, ahma, maha

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦama/

Pronoun

hama m (masc. plural habii, fem. hako, fem. plural habee)

1. this, this one

Related terms

• bami
• naha
• himiggê
• hamana

Verb

hama

1. to sit, stay, live in a place

   Synonym: dlâe

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English hammer.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hamā̀ f (plural hamōmī, possessed form hamàr̃)

1. hammer

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦲꦩ (ama, “insect pest, plant disease; public nuisance”), probably from Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhama/
• Rhymes: -ma, -a
• Hyphenation: ha‧ma

Noun

hama (plural hama-hama, first-person possessive hamaku, second-person possessive hamamu, third-person possessive hamanya)

1. pest

   Synonym: perosak (Standard Malay)

Alternative forms

• ama

Derived terms

• hama putih
• hama utama

 

Further reading

• “hama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhamˠə]

Noun

hama m

1. h-prothesized form of ama

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Jamamadí

Adjective

hama

1. (Banawá) angry

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

hama

1. Rōmaji transcription of はま

Latin

Alternative forms

• ama (Classical Latin)
• amās, amō, ayma, haima (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́μη (ámē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈha.ma/, [ˈhämä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈäːmä]

Noun

hama f (genitive hamae); first declension

1. a water-bucket or pail (especially one for extinguishing fires), a firebucket
2. (Medieval Latin) a vessel for holding wine
   1. a wine-cup, a goblet
   2. a measure of wine
      1. (by extension) a general measure of other liquids

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	hama	hamae
genitive	hamae	hamārum
dative	hamae	hamīs
accusative	hamam	hamās
ablative	hamā	hamīs
vocative	hama	hamae

Synonyms

• (water-bucket, pail): situla

Descendants

• → Middle Dutch: ame, aem
  • Dutch: aam
    • → English: aam
    • → Russian: аа́м (aám)
    • →? Old Swedish: aam
      • → Finnish: aami
    • Afrikaans: aam
• → Middle Low German: ame, am
  • → Estonian: aam

References

• “hăma (ama)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hama”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• 2. AMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• 3. AMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• HAMA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• (ăma) hăma (ăma) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 735/2.
• “(h)ama” on page 785/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ama”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “hama”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 479/2

Maori

Etymology

From English hammer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.ma/, [ˈhɐ.mɐ]

Noun

hama

1. hammer
2. malleus (hammer ear bone)

Verb

hama (passive hamaia or hamatia)

1. to hammer

Derived terms

• hamahama

Further reading

• “hama” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Old English

Alternative forms

• homa

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɑ.mɑ/, [ˈhɑ.mɑ]

Noun

hama m

1. a covering

   Synonym: ham

2. a skin or membrane

Declension

Declension of hama (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hama	haman
accusative	haman	haman
genitive	haman	hamena
dative	haman	hamum

Derived terms

• ċildhama
• *hamian
• līchama

Related terms

• flǣsċhamian
• ġeflǣsċhamod
• ġelīchamod
• ham
• *līchamian

Descendants

• Middle English: hame, haum
  • English: hame, heam

Old Norse

Noun

hama

1. genitive plural of hamr

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”). Doublet of cnàimh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhamə/

Noun

hama f

1. ham

Sotho

Verb

hama

1. to milk

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-hama (infinitive kuhama)

1. to move, to emigrate, to evacuate

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hama
Positive present -nahama Subjunctive -hame Negative -hami Imperative singular hama
Infinitives
Positive kuhama Negative kutohama
Imperatives
Singular hama Plural hameni
Tensed forms
Habitual huhama Positive past positive subject concord + -lihama Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahama) Singular Plural 1st person ninahama/nahama tunahama 2nd person unahama mnahama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahama wanahama other classes positive subject concord + -nahama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hami) Singular Plural 1st person sihami hatuhami 2nd person huhami hamhami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahami hawahami other classes negative subject concord + -hami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahama Negative future negative subject concord + -tahama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hame) Singular Plural 1st person nihame tuhame 2nd person uhame mhame 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahame wahame other classes positive subject concord + -hame
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihame Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehama Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehama Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihama Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahama) Singular Plural 1st person nahama twahama 2nd person wahama mwahama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahama wahama m-mi(III/IV) wahama yahama ji-ma(V/VI) lahama yahama ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahama vyahama n(IX/X) yahama zahama u(XI) wahama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahama pa(XVI) pahama mu(XVIII) mwahama
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehama "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahama "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahama "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihama "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohama Consecutive kahama / positive subject concord + -kahama Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahame
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihama -tuhama 2nd person -kuhama -wahama/-kuhameni/-wahameni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhama -wahama m-mi(III/IV) -uhama -ihama ji-ma(V/VI) -lihama -yahama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihama -vihama n(IX/X) -ihama -zihama u(XI) -uhama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhama pa(XVI) -pahama mu(XVIII) -muhama Reflexive -jihama
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hama- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hamaye -hamao m-mi(III/IV) -hamao -hamayo ji-ma(V/VI) -hamalo -hamayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hamacho -hamavyo n(IX/X) -hamayo -hamazo u(XI) -hamao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hamako pa(XVI) -hamapo mu(XVIII) -hamamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hama) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehama -ohama m-mi(III/IV) -ohama -yohama ji-ma(V/VI) -lohama -yohama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohama -vyohama n(IX/X) -yohama -zohama u(XI) -ohama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohama pa(XVI) -pohama mu(XVIII) -mohama
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -hamia
  • Other formations: -hamahama

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hammer.

Noun

hama

1. hammer

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *sama. Cognates include Samoan sama and Fijian sama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhʲa.ma]
• Hyphenation: ha‧ma

Verb

hama (plural hahama)

1. (intransitive) to shine one's body by rubbing coconut oil on it

Derived terms

• hahama
• hāmahama

 

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 297

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

hama

1. mind, intellect
2. reason
3. sanity
4. consciousness, awareness

Inflection

Inflection of hama (inflection type 6/kuva)
nominative sing.	hama
genitive sing.	haman
partitive sing.	hamad
partitive plur.	—
	singular	plural
nominative	hama	—
accusative	haman	—
genitive	haman	—
partitive	hamad	—
essive-instructive	haman	—
translative	hamaks	—
inessive	hamas	—
elative	hamaspäi	—
illative	hamaha	—
adessive	hamal	—
ablative	hamalpäi	—
allative	hamale	—
abessive	hamata	—
comitative	hamanke	—
prolative	hamadme	—
approximative I	hamanno	—
approximative II	hamannoks	—
egressive	hamannopäi	—
terminative I	hamahasai	—
terminative II	hamalesai	—
terminative III	hamassai	—
additive I	hamahapäi	—
additive II	hamalepäi	—

Derived terms

• hamatoi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “рассудок, сознание, ум, чувство”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Woi

Noun

hama

1. buttocks