# ima
## English
### Contraction

ima
* Alternative form of Imma

### Anagrams

* AIM, AMI, I am, IAM, MAI, MIA, Mai, Mia, aim, mai, mia

## Araki
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ima/

### Noun

ima
* house

### References

* François, Alexandre. 2008. An online lexicon of Araki (Santo, Vanuatu). Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) ‒ entry ima.

## Ashe
### Noun

ima
* millet

## Big Nambas
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ima/

### Verb

ima
* to come
    aparvr ti aparma paua, patrahr = If they both come the day after tomorrow, wait for them.

### References

* Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

## Classical Nahuatl
### Noun

īmā
* third-person singular possessed form of maitl (his/her/its hand)

## Daur
### Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ïmaxan, compare Mongolian ямаа (jamaa).

### Noun

ima
* goat

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Noun

ima
* third-person singular possessed form of mayitl (his/her/its hand)

## Greenlandic
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Inuit *ima (“thus”), from Proto-Eskimo *imV (“thus”).

### Pronunciation

* (Nuuk) IPA: /ima/, [y.ma]

### Particle

ima
* such, thus (as follows), so that

### See also

* imaappoq

## Hungarian
### Etymology

Back-formation from imád.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈimɒ]
* Hyphenation: ima
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Noun

ima (plural imák)
* prayer
    Synonyms: imádság, fohász

#### Derived terms

* imaasszony
* imaegylet
* imaélet
* imaház
* imahely
* imahét
* imakérés
* imaköntös
* imakönyv
* imaköpeny
* imamalom
* imaóra
* imasarok
* imaszíj
* imaszőnyeg
* imavezető
* imazsámoly
* magánima
* röpima

### Further reading

* ima in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

### Anagrams

* ami, mai

## Ilocano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

### Noun

ima
* (anatomy) hand (part of the body)

## Italian
### Adjective

ima
* feminine singular of imo

### Anagrams

* ami, mai, mia

## Itawit
### Noun

ima
* hand

## Japanese
### Romanization

ima
* Rōmaji transcription of いま

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔima/ [ˈʔiː.mʌ]
* Rhymes: -ima
* Syllabification: i‧ma

### Noun

íma
* (anatomy) hand

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “íma”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 186

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈiː.ma/, [ˈiːmä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈi.ma/, [ˈiːmä]

### Adjective

īma
* inflection of īmus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

īmā
* ablative feminine singular of īmus

### References

* ima in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Limos Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

### Noun

ima
* (anatomy) hand

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lima, *qalima, from Proto-Austronesian *lima, *qalima.

### Noun

ima
* (anatomy) hand

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 𑀇𑀫 (Brahmi script)
* इम (Devanagari script)
* ইম (Bengali script)
* ඉම (Sinhalese script)
* ဣမ or ဢိမ (Burmese script)
* อิม or อิมะ (Thai script)
* ᩍᨾ (Tai Tham script)
* ອິມ or ອິມະ (Lao script)
* ឥម (Khmer script)
* 𑄃𑄨𑄟 (Chakma script)

### Adjective

ima
* this (very close by)

#### Declension
### Pronoun

ima m
* (demonstrative) this

#### Declension

As for masculine of adjective above.

### Pronoun

ima f
* (demonstrative) this

#### Declension

As for feminine of adjective above.

### Pronoun

ima n
* (demonstrative) this

#### Declension

As for neuter of adjective above.

### References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “ayaŋ”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

## Quechua
### Adjective

ima
* any

### Adverb

ima
* also, and

### Noun

ima
* thing, something

#### Declension
### Pronoun

ima
* (interrogative pronoun) what
* (indefinite pronoun) thing

## Romanian
### Etymology

From im +‎ -a or possibly from Latin līmāre (“to besmirch, bespatter with mud”).

### Verb

a ima (third-person singular present imă, past participle imat) 1st conjugation
* (regional) to dirty, besmirch, make dirty with mud or dung
* (regional, figuratively) to desecrate or defile through words or curses

#### Synonyms

* (to dirty): murdări, mânji (cu noroi sau baligă)
* (to defile): întina (cu vorba, înjurături)

#### Related terms

* im
* imăciune

## Serbo-Croatian
### Verb

ima (Cyrillic spelling има) third-person singular present of imati
* he has, she has
    ima mačku i psa ― she has a cat and a dog
* there is
    uvijek ima izuzetak ― there is always an exception

## Slovene
### Verb

ima
* third-person singular present of imeti

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Possibly from Hokkien 引媽 / 引妈 (ín-má). Compare Kapampangan ima.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔiˈmaʔ/ [ʔɪˈmaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: i‧ma

### Noun

imâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ)
* mother
    Synonyms: mama, inay, ina, nanay, inang, nanang, mami

#### See also

* ama
* angkong
* impo
* inso
* ingkong

### References

* “ima”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “ima”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Zorc, David Paul (1985) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 4, page 178
* Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 720
* Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 546
* Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 27

## Tiruray
### Noun

ima
* (anatomy) armpit

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ايما, from Arabic إِيْمَاء (ʔiymāʔ).

### Noun

ima (definite accusative imayı, plural imalar)
* hint
* implication

#### Derived terms

* imalı "suggestive", "suggestively". "insinuatingly" (also in "imalı imalı" duplicative)
    She smiled suggestively and started to sing "you can leave your hat on". ― imalı imalı gülümsedikten sonra "şapkanı sakın çıkarma diye şarkı söylemeye başladı.