dumai

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Dama (Sierra Leone)[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Vai [script needed] (dumari, earthenware pot), which is from [script needed] (duma, earth).

Noun[edit]

dumai

  1. native style of pot

References[edit]

  • Dalby, T. D. P. (1963), “The extinct language of Dama”, in Sierra Leone Language Review, volume 2, Freetown: Fourah Bay College, pages 50–54

Latvian[edit]

Adjective[edit]

dumai

  1. (dialectal form) dative singular feminine of dums