galama

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغلامه (ağlama, cry, weep, lament).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡalǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ma

Noun[edit]

galáma f (Cyrillic spelling гала́ма)

  1. fuss, buzz, noise (of human voices)

Declension[edit]

Uneapa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From earlier *galam. Cognate with Muduapa gala.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

galama

  1. to work

Further reading[edit]

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366