nama

See also: Nama, náma, nāma, namā, namä, nämä, namą, and Nam Á

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

From Malay nama.

Noun

nama

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)

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Dupaningan Agta

Noun

nama

1. father

Synonyms

• hama

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Hausa

Etymology

An old Chadic borrowing (also attested as Gwandara nama, Ngas nam) from Benue-Congo, cognate to Tyap nam, Lela nəmə, Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nāmā̀ m (plural nāmū or nāmōmī, possessed form nāmàn)

1. meat
2. wild animal

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nama, from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

nama (first-person possessive namaku, second-person possessive namamu, third-person possessive namanya)

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)
2. noun

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Japanese

Romanization

nama

1. Rōmaji transcription of なま

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Javanese

Javanese register set
ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil): asma
ꦏꦿꦩ (krama): nama, nami
ꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (ngoko): aran, jeneng

Noun

nama

1. (polite) name

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Latvian

Noun

nama m

1. genitive singular of nams

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnama]

Pronoun

nama

1. dative/instrumental/locative of mej

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /namə/
• IPA^(key): /nama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

Noun

nama (Jawi spelling نام, plural nama-nama, informal 1st possessive namaku, 2nd possessive namamu, 3rd possessive namanya)

1. name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)
2. noun

Synonyms

• isim / اسم

Descendants

• Ambonese Malay: nama

• Indonesian: nama

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Maori

Etymology

Borrowed from English number.

Noun

nama

1. number, numeral
2. bill, invoice

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Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nama

1. meat, flesh

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Old English

Alternative forms

• noma

Etymology

From Anglo-Frisian *nąmā, from West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). Cognate with Old Frisian noma (West Frisian namme), Old Saxon namo (Low German Naam), Old Dutch namo (Dutch naam), Old High German namo (German Name), Old Norse nafn (Swedish namn), Gothic 𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉 (namō). The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen, Old Irish ainm, Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑ.mɑ/

Noun

nama m (nominative plural naman)

1. name

   Rōse be ǣnigum ōðrum naman stunce swā swōte.

   A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

2. (grammar) noun

Declension

Declension of nama (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	nama	naman
accusative	naman	naman
genitive	naman	namena
dative	naman	namum

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bīnama (“pronoun”)
• forenama (“pronoun”)
• frēonama (“a surname”)
• nambred (“register of names (on a tablet)”) (German Brett)
• namcūþlīċe (“by name”)

• namcūþ (“well-known, celebrated”)
• nambōc (“register of names (in a book)”)
• namian (“to name, mention, nominate, appoint”)
• nammǣlum (“by name”)
• tōnama (“a surname”)

Descendants

• Middle English: name, nome
  • Scots: name, naim, nem, nome
  • English: name

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀦𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• नम (Devanagari script)
• নম (Bengali script)
• නම (Sinhalese script)
• နမ or ၼမ (Burmese script)
• นม or นะมะ (Thai script)
• ᨶᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ນມ or ນະມະ (Lao script)
• នម (Khmer script)
• 𑄚𑄟 (Chakma script)

Verb

nama

1. second-person singular imperative active of namati (“to bend”)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nâma/
• Hyphenation: na‧ma

Pronoun

nȁma (Cyrillic spelling на̏ма)

1. to us (dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
2. us (locative plural of jȃ (“I”))
3. us (instrumental plural of jȃ (“I”))
4. (emphatic, possessive, dative) Alternative form of nam; our, of ours

   Gdje je nama auto?

   Where is our car?

Declension

Declension of nama

	singular	plural
nominative	jȃ	mȋ
genitive	mȅne, me	nȃs
dative	mȅni, mi	nȁma, nam
accusative	mȅne, me	nȃs
vocative	—	mȋ
locative	mȅni	nȁma
instrumental	mnȏm, mnóme	nȁma

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Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nama class 9/10 (plural dinama)

1. meat, flesh

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Swahili

Verb

nama

1. to be flexible

Conjugation

Conjugation of -nama
Positive present -nanama Subjunctive -name Negative -nami Imperative singular nama
Infinitives
Positive kunama Negative kutonama
Imperatives
Singular nama Plural nameni
Tensed forms
Habitual hunama Positive past positive subject concord + -linama Negative past negative subject concord + -kunama
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nanama) Singular Plural 1st person ninanama/nanama tunanama 2nd person unanama mnanama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ananama wananama other classes positive subject concord + -nanama
Negative present (negative subject concord + -nami) Singular Plural 1st person sinami hatunami 2nd person hunami hamnami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hanami hawanami other classes negative subject concord + -nami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tanama Negative future negative subject concord + -tanama
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -name) Singular Plural 1st person niname tuname 2nd person uname mname 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aname waname other classes positive subject concord + -name
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siname Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngenama Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singenama Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalinama Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalinama
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -anama) Singular Plural 1st person nanama twanama 2nd person wanama mwanama 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anama wanama m-mi(III/IV) wanama yanama ji-ma(V/VI) lanama yanama ki-vi(VII/VIII) chanama vyanama n(IX/X) yanama zanama u(XI) wanama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwanama pa(XVI) panama mu(XVIII) mwanama
Perfect positive subject concord + -menama "Already" positive subject concord + -meshanama "Not yet" negative subject concord + -janama "If/When" positive subject concord + -kinama "If not" positive subject concord + -siponama Consecutive kanama / positive subject concord + -kanama Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaname
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -ninama -tunama 2nd person -kunama -wanama/-kunameni/-wanameni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mnama -wanama m-mi(III/IV) -unama -inama ji-ma(V/VI) -linama -yanama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kinama -vinama n(IX/X) -inama -zinama u(XI) -unama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kunama pa(XVI) -panama mu(XVIII) -munama Reflexive -jinama
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -nama- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -namaye -namao m-mi(III/IV) -namao -namayo ji-ma(V/VI) -namalo -namayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -namacho -namavyo n(IX/X) -namayo -namazo u(XI) -namao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -namako pa(XVI) -namapo mu(XVIII) -namamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -nama) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yenama -onama m-mi(III/IV) -onama -yonama ji-ma(V/VI) -lonama -yonama ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chonama -vyonama n(IX/X) -yonama -zonama u(XI) -onama see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -konama pa(XVI) -ponama mu(XVIII) -monama
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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Swazi

Verb

-nama

1. to tease (for fun)

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nama (plural dinama)

1. meat, flesh

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Volapük

Noun

nama

1. genitive singular of nam