tama

• IPA^(key): /taˈma/ [tʌˈmʌ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

tamá

1. this, that, these, those (feminine; near the spoken to)

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tama”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Bengali তামা (tama).

tama

1. copper

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

tamà

1. correct

   Antonym: sala

tamà

1. hit; strike; shot

tama

1. tasty

• A. Schapper, The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1

tama

1. father

Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).

tama

1. light bulb

• IPA^(key): [ˈtama]

tama

1. (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction

   Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

tama

1. father

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑmɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
• Syllabification^(key): ta‧ma
• Hyphenation^(key): ta‧ma

tama (colloquial)

1. Tamagotchi

• maat

tama

1. copper

• IPA^(key): /tá.máː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [tə́.máː]

tamā f (possessed form tamar̃)

1. iron ore

• Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 196.

tama

1. tooth (body part)

• IPA^(key): /tamaʔ/

tama

1. to come inside

tama

1. (Banawá) vine

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

tama

1. Rōmaji transcription of たま

From Proto-Austronesian *ama (compare Fijian tama).

tama

1. father

Unknown

tama f (genitive tamae); first declension

1. A kind of swelling of the feet and legs

First-declension noun.

• “tama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Arabic طَمَع (ṭamaʕ, “greed, wish”). The loss of the final għ is regular in this noun, but was generalised throughout the root (and is therefore reflected in the spelling). Compare, however, tema’.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaː.ma/
• Homophone: tagħma (except archaically)

tama f (plural tamiet)

1. hope

   Synonym: speranza

From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

tama (imperfect jitma)

1. to hope

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

tama

1. boy
2. son
3. male, man

“tama” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

From Proto-Polynesian *tama.

tama

1. child

Borrowed from Middle High German tam(m).

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ta‧ma

tama f

1. dam

   Synonyms: jaz, zapora

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

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

tama

1. father
2. godfather

tama

1. boy
2. child

(In the sense: "child") Only said by or to mothers; can be differentiated into tamatane and tamafafine. Otherwise use atali'i or afafine.

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tьma, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *timāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *temH-. Cognate with Bulgarian тъма (tǎma) and Russian тьма (tʹma).

• IPA^(key): /tǎːma/
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

táma f (Cyrillic spelling та́ма)

1. darkness

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

• Audio (Kenya):

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Borrowed from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

-tama (declinable)

1. final

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

tama

1. really, truly

   Synonym: kweli

-tama

1. to strive, to try

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

tama

1. inflection of tam:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

• mata

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tamaq (“appropriate, suitable; fit together; hit the mark”). Also possibly from Malay utama (“perfect”), ultimately from Sanskrit उत्तम (uttama, “excellent”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtamaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.mɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -amaʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧ma

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)

1. correct; right

   Synonyms: tumpak, wasto, (Marinduque) husto

2. fit; proper (of one's actions, decisions, etc.)

   Synonyms: akma, tugma, angkop, bagay, nababagay

3. hitting the mark

   Synonym: tingid

4. winning (of a bet)

   Synonyms: nanalo, panalo

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)

1. right answer; correct answer
2. right thing to do; morally good or proper act
3. successful hit, strike, or shot
4. wound caused by a hit or shot (of a bullet, arrow, etc.)
5. (colloquial) kick (stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance, such as drugs or alcohol)

   Synonym: (back slang) amats

6. (colloquial) craziness; insanity (of a person)

   Synonyms: kabaliwan, kalokohan, (back slang) amats

7. winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
8. right fit or adjustment

• “tama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• mata

Compare Maori tomo.

tama

1. to enter

From Proto-Polynesian *tama. Cognates include Hawaiian kama and Samoan tama.

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.ma]
• Hyphenation: ta‧ma

tama

1. child
2. boy
3. roe
4. malformed coconut

• For the sense "child", tama is only used to refer to a child in relation to either both its parents or its mother.

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 369

tama (definite form tama ji)

1. a small type of talking drum

• Omar Ka (2018) Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 254
• Fal, Arame, Santos, Rosine, Doneux, Jean Léonce (1990) Dictionnaire wolof-français, Paris: Éditions KARTHALA, →ISBN, page 212