homa

See also: Homa, hóma, and homa-

English

Noun

homa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of haoma (“sacred plant”).

Chickasaw

Adjective

homa

1. Humes' spelling of homma

Choctaw

Alternative forms

• homma
• humma

Etymology

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Adjective

homa

1. red

Esperanto

Etymology

homo +‎ -a

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoma/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: ho‧ma

Adjective

homa (accusative singular homan, plural homaj, accusative plural homajn)

1. human

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

homa (present tense homar, past tense homa, past participle homa, passive infinitive homast, present participle homande, imperative homa/hom)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of homma

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxo.mɑ/, [ˈho.mɑ]
• Rhymes: -omɑ

Noun

homa m

1. alternative form of hama

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀳𑁄𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• होम (Devanagari script)
• হোম (Bengali script)
• හොම (Sinhalese script)
• ဟောမ or ႁေႃမ (Burmese script)
• โหม or โหมะ (Thai script)
• ᩉᩮᩣᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ໂຫມ or ໂຫມະ (Lao script)
• ហោម (Khmer script)
• 𑄦𑄮𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

homa

1. present/imperative active first-person plural of hoti (“to be”)

Swahili

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic حُمَّى (ḥummā)bor.

Swahili homa

Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّى (ḥummā).

Pronunciation

• (Unguja standard) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔ.mɑ/

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

homa class IX (plural homa class X)

1. fever

   Synonym: harara

2. (euphemistic) any illness or infection

Derived terms

• homa ya manjano (“jaundice”)
• homa ya matumbo (“typhoid”)
• homa ya nyani (“monkeypox, mpox”)
• homa ya uti wa mgongo (“meningitis”)

Further reading

• homa on the Swahili Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sw

Zazaki

Noun

homa c

1. god