jama

See also: Jama, JAMA, jáma, jämä, jamą, -ja'ma, and јама

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Assamese জামা (zama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʑama/

Noun

jama (Bengali script জামা)

  1. shirt

References

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *jama, probably borrowed from Proto-Indo-Iranian *yámHas.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjɑmɑ/, [ˈjɑ̝mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ja‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): ja‧ma

Noun

jama

  1. (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
  2. seam in a seine
  3. (colloquial) A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
    Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
    Company A is in a really difficult situation.

Declension

Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative jama jamat
genitive jaman jamojen
partitive jamaa jamoja
illative jamaan jamoihin
singular plural
nominative jama jamat
accusative nom. jama jamat
gen. jaman
genitive jaman jamojen
jamain rare
partitive jamaa jamoja
inessive jamassa jamoissa
elative jamasta jamoista
illative jamaan jamoihin
adessive jamalla jamoilla
ablative jamalta jamoilta
allative jamalle jamoille
essive jamana jamoina
translative jamaksi jamoiksi
abessive jamatta jamoitta
instructive — jamoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative jamani jamani
accusative nom. jamani jamani
gen. jamani
genitive jamani jamojeni
jamaini rare
partitive jamaani jamojani
inessive jamassani jamoissani
elative jamastani jamoistani
illative jamaani jamoihini
adessive jamallani jamoillani
ablative jamaltani jamoiltani
allative jamalleni jamoilleni
essive jamanani jamoinani
translative jamakseni jamoikseni
abessive jamattani jamoittani
instructive — —
comitative — jamoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative jamasi jamasi
accusative nom. jamasi jamasi
gen. jamasi
genitive jamasi jamojesi
jamaisi rare
partitive jamaasi jamojasi
inessive jamassasi jamoissasi
elative jamastasi jamoistasi
illative jamaasi jamoihisi
adessive jamallasi jamoillasi
ablative jamaltasi jamoiltasi
allative jamallesi jamoillesi
essive jamanasi jamoinasi
translative jamaksesi jamoiksesi
abessive jamattasi jamoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — jamoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative jamamme jamamme
accusative nom. jamamme jamamme
gen. jamamme
genitive jamamme jamojemme
jamaimme rare
partitive jamaamme jamojamme
inessive jamassamme jamoissamme
elative jamastamme jamoistamme
illative jamaamme jamoihimme
adessive jamallamme jamoillamme
ablative jamaltamme jamoiltamme
allative jamallemme jamoillemme
essive jamanamme jamoinamme
translative jamaksemme jamoiksemme
abessive jamattamme jamoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — jamoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative jamanne jamanne
accusative nom. jamanne jamanne
gen. jamanne
genitive jamanne jamojenne
jamainne rare
partitive jamaanne jamojanne
inessive jamassanne jamoissanne
elative jamastanne jamoistanne
illative jamaanne jamoihinne
adessive jamallanne jamoillanne
ablative jamaltanne jamoiltanne
allative jamallenne jamoillenne
essive jamananne jamoinanne
translative jamaksenne jamoiksenne
abessive jamattanne jamoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — jamoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative jamansa jamansa
accusative nom. jamansa jamansa
gen. jamansa
genitive jamansa jamojensa
jamainsa rare
partitive jamaansa jamojaan
jamojansa
inessive jamassaan
jamassansa 		jamoissaan
jamoissansa
elative jamastaan
jamastansa 		jamoistaan
jamoistansa
illative jamaansa jamoihinsa
adessive jamallaan
jamallansa 		jamoillaan
jamoillansa
ablative jamaltaan
jamaltansa 		jamoiltaan
jamoiltansa
allative jamalleen
jamallensa 		jamoilleen
jamoillensa
essive jamanaan
jamanansa 		jamoinaan
jamoinansa
translative jamakseen
jamaksensa 		jamoikseen
jamoiksensa
abessive jamattaan
jamattansa 		jamoittaan
jamoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — jamoineen
jamoinensa

References

  1. ^ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “jama”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎[1] (in Finnish), retrieved 1 January 2024

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

jama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of じゃま

Juba Arabic

Etymology

From Sudanese Arabic جامعة (jāmʕa), from Arabic جَامِعَة (jāmiʕa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɟama/, [ˈɟa.ma]

Noun

jama

  1. university (institution of higher education)

References

  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English‎[2], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 144

Makasar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɟama]

Verb

jama (Lontara spelling ᨍᨆ, semi-transitive anjama)

  1. (transitive) to work on something

Derived terms

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈja.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ja‧ma

Noun

jama f

  1. cavity
  2. cave
  3. burrow
  4. fossa
  5. delve
  6. ventricle

Declension

Declension of jama
singular plural
nominative jama jamy
genitive jamy jam
dative jamie jamom
accusative jamę jamy
instrumental jamą jamami
locative jamie jamach
vocative jamo jamy

Derived terms

Further reading

  • jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rayón Zoque

Noun

jama

  1. sun
  2. day

Derived terms

  • jamaduꞌkyʌ
  • jamadʌꞌkʌ
  • jamajama
  • jamajʌyʌ
  • jamakuk
  • jamaminʌ
  • jamaniŋgʌꞌ
  • jamasamu
  • jamgʌdʌjku

References

  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 6

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jâma/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ma

Noun

jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)

  1. excavation, hole, cavity
    Postojna jama je kraljica svih jama. ― The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
  2. hollow, depression
  3. hole, burrow

Declension

Declension of jama
singular plural
nominative jama jame
genitive jame jama
dative jami jamama
accusative jamu jame
vocative jamo jame
locative jami jamama
instrumental jamom jamama

Further reading

  • “jama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjama]

Noun

jama f (relational adjective jamový, diminutive jamka or jamôčka, augmentative jamisko)

  1. pit
  2. hole

Declension

Declension of jama
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativejamajamy
genitivejamyjám
dativejamejamám
accusativejamujamy
locativejamejamách
instrumentaljamoujamami

Further reading

  • “jama”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *ama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jàːma/

Noun

jáma f

  1. cave
    Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam ― The Postojna cave is queen of all caves

Declension

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. jáma
gen. sing. jáme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		jáma jámi jáme
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		jáme jám jám
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		jámi jámama jámam
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		jámo jámi jáme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		jámi jámah jámah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		jámo jámama jámami

Further reading

  • “jama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
  • “jama”, in Termania, Amebis
  • See also the general references

Southern Ndebele

Verb

-jama?

  1. to stand

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxama/ [ˈxa.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ja‧ma

Noun

jama f (plural jamas)

  1. (Honduras) small iguana

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

jama (present jamar, preterite jamade, supine jamat, imperative jama)

  1. to meow
    Katten jamar
    The cat is meowing

Conjugation

Conjugation of jama (weak)
active passive
infinitive jama jamas
supine jamat jamats
imperative jama —
imper. plural1 jamen —
present past present past
indicative jamar jamade jamas jamades
ind. plural1 jama jamade jamas jamades
subjunctive2 jame jamade james jamades
present participle jamande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

Anagrams

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