pama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pama"

Italian

Etymology

False cognate of Telugu పాము (pāmu, snake, serpent). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ma

Noun

pama m (invariable)

  1. banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)

Further reading

  • pama in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pâmer.

Verb

a pama (third-person singular present pamează, past participle pamat) 1st conjugation

  1. to swoon

Conjugation

Spanish

Adjective

pama m or f (masculine and feminine plural pamas)

  1. Paman

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ˈma/

Adverb

pama

  1. (interrogative) what?
    mene pama?what is this?
    pama mene?what is this?
    ni aim pama?what is your name?

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (as pamá)