jama

See also: Jama, JAMA, jáma, and jämä

Finnish

Noun

jama

1. (colloquial) A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
   • Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
     • Company A is in a really difficult situation.

Declension

Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		jama	jamat
genitive		jaman	jamojen
partitive		jamaa	jamoja
illative		jamaan	jamoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		jama	jamat
accusative	nom.	jama	jamat
	gen.	jaman
genitive		jaman	jamojen jamainrare
partitive		jamaa	jamoja
inessive		jamassa	jamoissa
elative		jamasta	jamoista
illative		jamaan	jamoihin
adessive		jamalla	jamoilla
ablative		jamalta	jamoilta
allative		jamalle	jamoille
essive		jamana	jamoina
translative		jamaksi	jamoiksi
instructive		—	jamoin
abessive		jamatta	jamoitta
comitative		—	jamoineen

Anagrams

• maja

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Japanese

Romanization

jama

1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃま

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Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ma/

• Audio

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Noun

jama f

1. cavity
2. cave
3. burrow
4. fossa
5. delve
6. ventricle

Declension

declension of jama

	singular	plural
nominative	jama	jamy
genitive	jamy	jam
dative	jamie	jamom
accusative	jamę	jamy
instrumental	jamą	jamami
locative	jamie	jamach
vocative	jamo	jamy

Derived terms

• jamisty
• jamowy

Further reading

• jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jâma/
• Hyphenation: ja‧ma

Noun

jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)

1. excavation, hole, cavity

   Postojnska jama je kraljica svih jama. - The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.

2. hollow, depression
3. hole, burrow

Declension

Declension of jama

	singular	plural
nominative	jama	jame
genitive	jame	jama
dative	jami	jamama
accusative	jamu	jame
vocative	jamo	jame
locative	jami	jamama
instrumental	jamom	jamama

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjàːma/
• Tonal orthography: jáma

Noun

jáma f (genitive jáme, nominative plural jáme)

1. cave

   Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam - The Postojna cave is queen of all caves

Declension

Declension of jáma (feminine, a-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	jáma	jámi	jáme
accusative	jámo	jámi	jáme
genitive	jáme	jám	jám
dative	jámi	jámama	jámam
locative	jámi	jámah	jámah
instrumental	jámo	jámama	jámami

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Spanish

Noun

jama f (plural jamas)

1. (Honduras) small iguana

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Swedish

Verb

jama

1. meow

Conjugation

Conjugation of jama (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	jama	—
Present tense	jamar	—
Past tense	jamade	—
Supine	jamat	—
Imperative	jama	—
Present participle	jamande
Past participle	—