tamu

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic طَعْم‎ (ṭaʿm, “tasty”).

Adjective

-tamu (declinable)

1. sweet (having a pleasant taste)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -tamu

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mtamu	watamu
M-mi class	mtamu	mitamu
Ma class	tamu	matamu
Ki-vi class	kitamu	vitamu
N class	tamu	tamu
U class	mtamu	tamu
Pa class	patamu	patamu
Ku class	kutamu	kutamu
Mu class	mutamu	mutamu

Derived terms

• utamu

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Turkish

Noun

tamu (definite accusative tamuyu, plural tamular)

1. hell (where sinners go)

Synonyms

• cehennem