nhama
Gamilaraay
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]nhama
References
[edit]- Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
- (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
- (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ronga nyama, from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.
Noun
[edit]nhama f (plural nhamas)
- (Mozambique) meat, edible animal
- 1930, Carlos Roma Machado de Faria e Maia, Recordações de Africa:
- [...] os dois caçadores flamantes, no meio de grande cantoria, a dançar, trazendo a nhama [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “nhama”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “nhama”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
Categories:
- Gamilaraay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gamilaraay lemmas
- Gamilaraay pronouns
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Portuguese terms derived from Ronga
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Ronga
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Mozambican Portuguese
- Portuguese terms with quotations