woma

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wōhmō, from Proto-Germanic *wōhmô (“noise, sound, shout, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound”). Cognate with Old Norse ómr (“sound”), Old Norse ómun (“voice”), Old High German giwahan (“to mention”), Old Norse œmta (“to utter, mutter”), Latin vōx (“voice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwoː.mɑ/

Noun

wōma m

1. sound, noise
2. alarm, terror

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	wōma	wōman
accusative	wōman	wōman
genitive	wōman	wōmena
dative	wōman	wōmum

Related terms

• wōm
• wēman

Phuthi

Etymology

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Verb

-wóma

1. to be dry

Inflection

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Ternate

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwo.ma]

Noun

woma

1. breath

Verb

woma

1. to breathe

Conjugation

Conjugation of woma

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		towoma	fowoma	miwoma
2nd person		nowoma	niwoma
3rd person	masculine	owoma	iwoma yowoma (archaic)
	feminine	mowoma
	neuter	iwoma

Alternative forms

• homa, oma

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈwo.ma]

Noun

woma

1. (of the body) the temple

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh