jama

See also: Jama, JAMA, jáma, jämä, jamą, јама, and яма

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Assamese জামা (zama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʑama/

Noun

jama (Bengali script জামা)

1. shirt

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɑmɑ/, [ˈjɑmɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ja‧ma

Noun

jama

1. (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
2. seam in a seine
3. (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

Possessive forms of jama (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	jamani	jamamme
2nd person	jamasi	jamanne
3rd person	jamansa

Anagrams

• maja

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Japanese

Romanization

jama

1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃま

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Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɟama]

Verb

jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)

1. (transitive) to work on something

Derived terms

• jamang

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈja.ma/

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ja‧ma

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

• jama ustna
• jamisty
• jamowy

 

Further reading

• jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Rayón Zoque

Noun

jama

1. sun
2. day

Derived terms

• jamaduꞌkyʌ
• jamadʌꞌkʌ
• jamajama
• jamajʌyʌ
• jamakuk
• jamaminʌ
• jamaniŋgʌꞌ
• jamasamu
• jamgʌdʌjku

 

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

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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

   Postojna 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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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjama]

Noun

jama f (genitive singular jamy, nominative plural jamy, genitive plural jám, declension pattern of žena)

1. pit
2. hole

Declension

Declension of jama

	singular	plural
nominative	jama	jamy
genitive	jamy	jám
dative	jame	jamám
accusative	jamu	jamy
locative	jame	jamách
instrumental	jamou	jamami

References

• jama in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jàːma/

Noun

jáma f

1. cave

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

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	jáma
gen. sing.	jáme
	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

Further reading

• “jama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Southern Ndebele

Verb

-jama^?

1. to stand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Spanish

Noun

jama f (plural jamas)

1. (Honduras) small iguana

Further reading

• “jama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swedish

Verb

jama (present jamar, preterite jamade, supine jamat, imperative jama)

1. to meow

   Katten jamar ― The cat is meowing

Conjugation

Conjugation of jama (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	jama		jamas
Supine	jamat		jamats
Imperative	jama		—
Imper. plural1	jamen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	jamar	jamade	jamas	jamades
Ind. plural1	jama	jamade	jamas	jamades
Subjunctive2	jame	jamade	james	jamades
	Participles
Present participle	jamande
Past participle	jamad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• jam

See also

• mjau

Anagrams

• Maja