dàm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "dam"

Ghomala'

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am

Noun

dàm class 3 singular of mdàm class 4

1. drum animated dance

   Pə pâsɛ̌ ŋkuŋ dàm. ― Protestants like the dance of "dam".

2. eye of a needle

   Synonym: fǎ

   Dam syǎp bə á kɔk. ― The eye of the needle is small.

3. rear end, buttock

   Synonym: msǎk

   Mə̌ kəníŋ dam mjwǐ sɔ́'. ― The woman with big buttocks came.

See also

• cəm
• níŋ (“to put inside”)

References

• Erika Eichholzer et al., editors (2002), Dictionnaire Ghomala’ (in French)
• Gabriel Mba, Les extensions verbales en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVI.1 (1996-97)