jamah
Iban
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jamah
- skill of hands
- Lebuh indai Bunyau nganyam, jamah iya balat alus.
- When Bunyau's mom weaves, her work is exceedingly smooth.
Verb
[edit]jamah
- to beat; strike; attack (someone)
- Mensul pala iya kena jamah Libau
- His head is swollen after being beaten by Libau.
- to grab (food)
- Makai mih kitai, jamah dia kengka utai ti bisi, anang malu-malu.
- Let’s eat, take whatever comes to hand, don’t be shy.
Mokilese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h (“father”)
Noun
[edit]jamah
- (one's) father
Usage notes
[edit]Like many kinship terms in Mokilese, jamah has no non-possessive form; the third person singular possessive form (one's/his/her/its father) is therefore treated as the lemma.
Possessive forms
[edit]| singular possessor |
first person | joamoai | |
|---|---|---|---|
| second person | joamoamw | ||
| third person | jamah | ||
| dual possessors |
first person inclusive | jamasa | |
| first person exclusive | jamama | ||
| second person | jamamwa | ||
| third person | jamara | ||
| plural possessors |
first person inclusive | jamasai | |
| first person exclusive | jamamai | ||
| second person | jamamwai | ||
| third person | jamarai | ||
| remote plural possessors |
first person inclusive | jamahs | |
| first person exclusive | jememi | ||
| second person | jememwi | ||
| third person | jamahr | ||
| construct form | jemen | ||