Oma

From Tibetan འོ་མ ('o ma).

• IPA^(key): /oʊ.mɑ/

Oma

1. A township in Gêrzê County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • [1994, Victor Chan, Tibet Handbook‎^[1], Moon Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 948:

     Reach Wuma (Öma) in 3-4 hr (90 km) from Gerze.]

   • 2011 March, Zhansheng Ji, J.-X. Yao, Guichun Wu, “Discovery of the Late Jurassic coral fauna in the Tukari Formation at northern Oma Village, Gêrzê County, Tibet, China and its geological significances”, in Research Gate‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 February 2021:

     About 33 genus 47 species corals were discovered in the so-called "Xiala Formation(Ft)" in north of Oma Village, Gêrzê County, Tibet.

   • [2019, Tibet (Lonely Planet)‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     Around Oma-chu, a small village huddled beneath a small rocky splinter, 54km from Gertse, keep your eyes open for the round, tomblike buildings that are actually tsampa (roasted-barley flour) storage bins.]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Oma.

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Wuma, Wu-ma

• IPA^(key): /oʊ.mɑ/

Oma

1. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
   • 2022 June 24, “Governor Evers approves US 51 improvement project in Iron County”, in Wisconsin Department of Transportation‎^[5], archived from the original on 07 September 2022‎^[6]:

     To invest in Wisconsin's transportation system, Governor Evers signed a $1.39 million contract with prime contractor Northwoods Paving of Ashland to improve US 51 in Iron County between County C in the town of Oma to Iron Street in Hurley. Work began on Monday, June 20.

2. A female given name

• MoA, Amo., MAO, moa, MOA, Amo, AMO, mao, AOM, Mao

Cognate to Dutch oma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːma/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔma/ (chiefly western German)

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Oma f (genitive Oma or (prenominal without an article) Omas, plural Omas)

1. grandma, granny, nan
2. any elderly woman

• The word is commonly used with a definite article in most parts of central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria: Wo ist die Oma? – “Where is Grandma?” In northern Germany—and generally in writing—no article tends to be used: Wo ist Oma?

• Altmutter
• Großmama
• Großmutter

• Opa (Altvater, Großpapa, Großvater, Opi)
• Enkelin

• Omi (affectionate)
• Uroma

• → Kashubian: óma (dated)

• “Oma” in Duden online
• “Oma” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Oma” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon