jama
Atong (India)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʑama/
Noun
jama (Bengali script জামা)
References
- van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.
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
- (dated) seam, joint (point where two things meet)
- seam in a seine
- (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. | ||
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References
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
jama
Juba Arabic
Etymology
From Sudanese Arabic جامعة (jāmʕa), from Arabic جَامِعَة (jāmiʕa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɟama/, [ˈɟa.ma]
Noun
jama
- 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)
- (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
Declension
Derived terms
- jama ustna
- jamisty
- jamowy
Further reading
- jama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- jama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rayón Zoque
Noun
jama
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, diminutive jȁmica)
- excavation, hole, cavity
- Postojna jama je kraljica svih jama. ― The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
- hollow, depression
- hole, burrow
Declension
| 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), 2006–2026
Slovak
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jama/, [ˈjama]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Hyphenation: ja‧ma
Noun
jama f (relational adjective jamový, diminutive jamka or jamôčka, augmentative jamisko)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | jama | jamy |
| genitive | jamy | jám |
| dative | jame | jamám |
| accusative | jamu | jamy |
| locative | jame | jamách |
| instrumental | jamou | jamami |
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, 2003–2026
Slovene
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ama. First attested in the 16th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jàːma/
Noun
jáma f
- cave
- Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam ― The Postojna cave is queen of all caves
Declension
| 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?
- 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)
Further reading
- “jama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “jama”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
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)
- to meow
- Katten jamar
- The cat is meowing
Conjugation
| 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.
Related terms
See also
References
- jama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- jama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- jama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)