homa

See also: Homa, hóma, and homa-

English

Noun

homa (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of haoma (sacred plant).

Chickasaw

Adjective

homa

  1. Humes' spelling of homma

Choctaw

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Adjective

homa

  1. red

Esperanto

Etymology

homo +‎ -a

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhoma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oma
  • Hyphenation: ho‧ma

Adjective

homa (accusative singular homan, plural homaj, accusative plural homajn)

  1. human

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

homa (present tense homar, past tense homa, past participle homa, passive infinitive homast, present participle homande, imperative homa/hom)

  1. (pre-2012) alternative form of homma

Old English

Noun

homa m

  1. alternative form of hama

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

homa

  1. present/imperative active first-person plural of hoti (to be)

Swahili

Etymology

    Borrowed from Arabic حُمَّى (ḥummā).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ˈhɔ.mɑ/
    • Audio (Kenya):(file)

    Noun

    homa class IX (plural homa class X)

    1. fever
      Synonym: harara
    2. (euphemistic) any illness or infection

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Baldi, Sergio (30 November 2020) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 81 Nr. 705

    Further reading

    Zazaki

    Noun

    homa

    1. god