rama

See also: Rama, râma, rāma, Rāma, râmă, ramă, -rama, and rämä

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish rama (“branch”).

Noun

rama

1. branch

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French

Verb

rama

1. third-person singular past historic of ramer

Anagrams

• arma

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Galician

Noun

rama f (plural ramas)

1. branch (of a tree)
2. field, branch, discipline

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Hausa

Etymology 1

Noun

ramā̀ f (possessed form ramàr̃)

1. hemp, jute

Etymology 2

Noun

rā̀ma f (possessed form rā̀mar̃)

1. emaciation

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Indonesian

Etymology

From either Javanese rama (“father”) or Malay rama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian. Semantic loan from Portuguese padre (“priest, father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈra.ma]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Noun

rama (first-person possessive ramaku, second-person possessive ramamu, third-person possessive ramanya)

1. father.

   Synonym: bapak

2. title conferred on an adult male

   Synonym: bapak

3. (Catholicism) priest

   Synonym: pastor

Further reading

• “rama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Verb

rama

1. inflection of ramare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• amar, arma

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Javanese

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦫꦩ
Roman	rama

Etymology

From Old Javanese rāma (“father”)

Noun

rama (krama ngoko bapak, krama inggil rama)

1. title conferred on an adult male
2. (honorific) father

References

• "rama" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939

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Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Austronesian (compare Fijian tama, Indonesian rama, Tagalog ama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ramə/
• IPA^(key): /rama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

Noun

rama (plural rama-rama, informal 1st possessive ramaku, 2nd possessive ramamu, 3rd possessive ramanya)

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)

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Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian damar).

Noun

rama

1. torch
2. light

Etymology 2

From English rum.

Noun

rama

1. rum

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ramō. Cognate with Old Saxon hrama, Old Norse ramr, Old Dutch *rama, Old Frisian *rama, *rame.

Noun

rama f

1. support

Descendants

• Middle High German: ram, rame
  • Alemannic German: Ramme
  • German: Rahmen, Ramen, Rahme, Rame
    • → Romanian: ramă
    • → Russian: рама (rama)
    • → Czech: rám
  • Luxembourgish: Rumm
  • Vilamovian: raom

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Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

rama

1. mad
2. crazy

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ma/

• Audio

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Noun

rama f (diminutive ramka)

1. frame
2. crossbar (tube of a bicycle frame)

Declension

Declension of rama

	singular	plural
nominative	rama	ramy
genitive	ramy	ram
dative	ramie	ramom
accusative	ramę	ramy
instrumental	ramą	ramami
locative	ramie	ramach
vocative	ramo	ramy

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Rapa Nui

Noun

rama

1. torch

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Romansch

Etymology

From a Germanic language (compare German Rahmen).

Noun

rama m (plural ramas)

1. (Sursilvan) frame, framework

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) rom
• (Puter) ram

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːma/

Noun

ráma f

1. shoulder (joint between arm and torso)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ráma
gen. sing.	ráme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ráma	rámi	ráme
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ráme	rám	rám
dative (dajȃlnik)	rámi	rámama	rámam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rámo	rámi	ráme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rámi	rámah	rámah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rámo	rámama	rámami

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Spanish

Etymology

From ramo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrama/ [ˈra.ma]

Noun

rama f (plural ramas)

1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)

Derived terms

• andarse por las ramas
• cortarramas
• ramada
• ramazón
• ramificar
• ramilla
• ramita
• ramo
• ser canela en rama

 

See also

• vara

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Sundanese

Romanization

rama

1. Romanization of ᮛᮙ

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Swedish

Etymology

From ram +‎ -a.

Verb

rama (present ramar, preterite ramade, supine ramat, imperative rama)

1. to frame (put a frame around)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rama (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rama		ramas
Supine	ramat		ramats
Imperative	rama		—
Imper. plural1	ramen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ramar	ramade	ramas	ramades
Ind. plural1	rama	ramade	ramas	ramades
Subjunctive2	rame	ramade	rames	ramades
	Participles
Present participle	ramande
Past participle	ramad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• inrama
• rama in

 

Anagrams

• aram., arma, mara

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Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rama

1. frame

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “оправа”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika