tama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tama"

Languages (31)

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Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈma/ [tʌˈmʌ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Determiner

tamá

1. this, that, these, those (feminine; near the spoken to)

See also

Afar demonstrative determiners

	masculine	feminine
proximal	á	tá
medial	amá	tamá
distal	wóo	tóo
very distal	wótti

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tama”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Bengali তামা (tama).

Noun

tama

1. copper

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bikol Central

Adjective

tamà

1. correct

   Antonym: sala

Noun

tamà

1. hit; strike; shot

Blagar

Adjective

tama

1. tasty

References

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

Bunun

Noun

tama

1. father

Chuukese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).

Noun

tama

1. light bulb

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtama]

Adverb

tama

1. (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction

   Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

tama

1. father

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of Tamagotchi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧ma

Noun

tama (colloquial)

1. Tamagotchi

Declension

Inflection of tama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		tama	tamat
genitive		taman	tamojen
partitive		tamaa	tamoja
illative		tamaan	tamoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tama	tamat
accusative	nom.	tama	tamat
	gen.	taman
genitive		taman	tamojen tamain rare
partitive		tamaa	tamoja
inessive		tamassa	tamoissa
elative		tamasta	tamoista
illative		tamaan	tamoihin
adessive		tamalla	tamoilla
ablative		tamalta	tamoilta
allative		tamalle	tamoille
essive		tamana	tamoina
translative		tamaksi	tamoiksi
abessive		tamatta	tamoitta
instructive		—	tamoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tamani tamani accusative nom. tamani tamani gen. tamani genitive tamani tamojeni tamaini rare partitive tamaani tamojani inessive tamassani tamoissani elative tamastani tamoistani illative tamaani tamoihini adessive tamallani tamoillani ablative tamaltani tamoiltani allative tamalleni tamoilleni essive tamanani tamoinani translative tamakseni tamoikseni abessive tamattani tamoittani instructive — — comitative — tamoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tamasi tamasi accusative nom. tamasi tamasi gen. tamasi genitive tamasi tamojesi tamaisi rare partitive tamaasi tamojasi inessive tamassasi tamoissasi elative tamastasi tamoistasi illative tamaasi tamoihisi adessive tamallasi tamoillasi ablative tamaltasi tamoiltasi allative tamallesi tamoillesi essive tamanasi tamoinasi translative tamaksesi tamoiksesi abessive tamattasi tamoittasi instructive — — comitative — tamoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tamamme tamamme accusative nom. tamamme tamamme gen. tamamme genitive tamamme tamojemme tamaimme rare partitive tamaamme tamojamme inessive tamassamme tamoissamme elative tamastamme tamoistamme illative tamaamme tamoihimme adessive tamallamme tamoillamme ablative tamaltamme tamoiltamme allative tamallemme tamoillemme essive tamanamme tamoinamme translative tamaksemme tamoiksemme abessive tamattamme tamoittamme instructive — — comitative — tamoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tamanne tamanne accusative nom. tamanne tamanne gen. tamanne genitive tamanne tamojenne tamainne rare partitive tamaanne tamojanne inessive tamassanne tamoissanne elative tamastanne tamoistanne illative tamaanne tamoihinne adessive tamallanne tamoillanne ablative tamaltanne tamoiltanne allative tamallenne tamoillenne essive tamananne tamoinanne translative tamaksenne tamoiksenne abessive tamattanne tamoittanne instructive — — comitative — tamoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tamansa tamansa accusative nom. tamansa tamansa gen. tamansa genitive tamansa tamojensa tamainsa rare partitive tamaansa tamojaan tamojansa inessive tamassaan tamassansa tamoissaan tamoissansa elative tamastaan tamastansa tamoistaan tamoistansa illative tamaansa tamoihinsa adessive tamallaan tamallansa tamoillaan tamoillansa ablative tamaltaan tamaltansa tamoiltaan tamoiltansa allative tamalleen tamallensa tamoilleen tamoillensa essive tamanaan tamanansa tamoinaan tamoinansa translative tamakseen tamaksensa tamoikseen tamoiksensa abessive tamattaan tamattansa tamoittaan tamoittansa instructive — — comitative — tamoineen tamoinensa

Anagrams

• maat

Garo

Noun

tama

1. copper

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tá.máː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə́.máː]

Noun

tamā f (possessed form tamar̃)

1. iron ore

References

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 196.

Hopi

Noun

tama

1. tooth (body part)

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tamaʔ/

Verb

tama

1. to come inside

Jamamadí

Noun

tama

1. (Banawá) vine

References

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

Japanese

Romanization

tama

1. Rōmaji transcription of たま

Kavalan

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama (compare Fijian tama).

Noun

tama

1. father

Latin

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

tama f (genitive tamae); first declension

1. A kind of swelling of the feet and legs

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	tama	tamae
genitive	tamae	tamārum
dative	tamae	tamīs
accusative	tamam	tamās
ablative	tamā	tamīs
vocative	tama	tamae

References

• “tama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Maltese

Root
t-m-’
3 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ, “greed, wish”). The loss of the final għ is regular in this noun, but was generalised throughout the root (and is therefore reflected in the spelling). Compare, however, tema’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.ma/
• Homophone: tagħma (except archaically)

Noun

tama f (plural tamiet)

1. hope

   Synonym: speranza

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

Verb

tama (imperfect jitma)

1. to hope

Conjugation

Conjugation of tama

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	tmajt	tmajt	tama		tmajna	tmajtu	tmaw
	f			tmat
imperfect	m	nitma	titma	jitma		nitmaw	titmaw	jitmaw
	f			titma
imperative			itma				itmaw

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

Noun

tama

1. boy
2. son
3. male, man

References

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

Niuean

Noun

tama

1. child

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German tam(m).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ta‧ma

Noun

tama f

1. dam

   Synonyms: jaz, zapora

Declension

Declension of tama

	singular	plural
nominative	tama	tamy
genitive	tamy	tam
dative	tamie	tamom
accusative	tamę	tamy
instrumental	tamą	tamami
locative	tamie	tamach
vocative	tamo	tamy

Derived terms

verbs

• tamować impf

 

Further reading

• tama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

tama

1. father
2. godfather

Samoan

Noun

tama

1. boy
2. child

Usage notes

(In the sense: "child") Only said by or to mothers; can be differentiated into tamatane and tamafafine. Otherwise use atali'i or afafine.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *timāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Cognate with Bulgarian тъма (tǎma) and Russian тьма (tʹma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tǎːma/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Noun

táma f (Cyrillic spelling та́ма)

1. darkness

Declension

Declension of tama

	singular	plural
nominative	tama	tame
genitive	tame	tama
dative	tami	tamama
accusative	tamu	tame
vocative	tamo	tame
locative	tami	tamama
instrumental	tamom	tamama

Further reading

• “tama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

Adjective

-tama (declinable)

1. final

Etymology 2

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

Adverb

tama

1. really, truly

   Synonym: kweli

Swazi

Verb

-tama

1. to strive, to try

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

Adjective

tama

1. inflection of tam:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Anagrams

• mata

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamaq (“appropriate, suitable; fit together; hit the mark”). Also possibly from Malay utama (“perfect”), ultimately from Sanskrit उत्तम (uttama, “excellent”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtamaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.mɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -amaʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ma

Adjective

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)

1. correct; right

   Synonyms: tumpak, wasto, (Marinduque) husto

2. fit; proper (of one's actions, decisions, etc.)

   Synonyms: akma, tugma, angkop, bagay, nababagay

3. hitting the mark

   Synonym: tingid

4. winning (of a bet)

   Synonyms: nanalo, panalo

Derived terms

• bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit
• di-pagkakatama
• di-tama
• itama
• magkatama-tama
• magpatama
• magtama
• makatama
• mapatama
• matamaan
• pagtama
• pagtamain
• patama
• patamaan
• patamain
• tama na
• tama sa
• tamaan
• tamang-tama
• tinamaan ng lintik
• tumama

 

Noun

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)

1. right answer; correct answer
2. right thing to do; morally good or proper act
3. successful hit, strike, or shot
4. wound caused by a hit or shot (of a bullet, arrow, etc.)
5. (colloquial) elevation in mood
6. (colloquial, by extension) tipsiness
7. winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
8. right fit or adjustment

Further reading

• “tama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• mata

Tetum

Etymology

Compare Maori tomo.

Verb

tama

1. to enter

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ma]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

Noun

tama

1. child
2. boy
3. roe
4. malformed coconut

Usage notes

• For the sense "child", tama is only used to refer to a child in relation to either both its parents or its mother.

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 369

Wolof

Noun

tama (definite form tama ji)

1. a small type of talking drum

References

• Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 254
• Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 212