# tama
## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /taˈma/ [tʌˈmʌ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ma

### Determiner

tamá
* this, that, these, those (feminine; near the spoken to)

#### See also
### References

* 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)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Atong (India)
### Etymology

From Bengali তামা (tama).

### Noun

tama
* copper

### References

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

## Bikol Central
### Adjective

tamà
* correct
    Antonym: sala

### Noun

tamà
* hit; strike; shot

## Blagar
### Adjective

tama
* tasty

### References

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

## Bunun
### Noun

tama
* father

## Chuukese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese たま (tama).

### Noun

tama
* light bulb

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtama]

### Adverb

tama
* (dialect, Moravia) this way, this direction
    Synonym: (standard Czech) tudy

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

tama
* father

## Finnish
### Etymology

Clipping of Tamagotchi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑmɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝mɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
* Hyphenation: ta‧ma

### Noun

tama (colloquial)
* Tamagotchi

#### Declension

Possessive forms of tama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tamani
tamani
accusative
nom.
tamani
tamani
gen.
tamani
genitive
tamani
tamojeni tamaini $^{rare}$
partitive
tamaani
tamojani
inessive
tamassani
tamoissani
elative
tamastani
tamoistani
illative
tamaani
tamoihini
adessive
tamallani
tamoillani
ablative
tamaltani
tamoiltani
allative
tamalleni
tamoilleni
essive
tamanani
tamoinani
translative
tamakseni
tamoikseni
abessive
tamattani
tamoittani
instructive
comitative
—tamoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tamasi
tamasi
accusative
nom.
tamasi
tamasi
gen.
tamasi
genitive
tamasi
tamojesi tamaisi $^{rare}$
partitive
tamaasi
tamojasi
inessive
tamassasi
tamoissasi
elative
tamastasi
tamoistasi
illative
tamaasi
tamoihisi
adessive
tamallasi
tamoillasi
ablative
tamaltasi
tamoiltasi
allative
tamallesi
tamoillesi
essive
tamanasi
tamoinasi
translative
tamaksesi
tamoiksesi
abessive
tamattasi
tamoittasi
instructive
comitative
—tamoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tamamme
tamamme
accusative
nom.
tamamme
tamamme
gen.
tamamme
genitive
tamamme
tamojemme tamaimme $^{rare}$
partitive
tamaamme
tamojamme
inessive
tamassamme
tamoissamme
elative
tamastamme
tamoistamme
illative
tamaamme
tamoihimme
adessive
tamallamme
tamoillamme
ablative
tamaltamme
tamoiltamme
allative
tamallemme
tamoillemme
essive
tamanamme
tamoinamme
translative
tamaksemme
tamoiksemme
abessive
tamattamme
tamoittamme
instructive
comitative
—tamoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tamanne
tamanne
accusative
nom.
tamanne
tamanne
gen.
tamanne
genitive
tamanne
tamojenne tamainne $^{rare}$
partitive
tamaanne
tamojanne
inessive
tamassanne
tamoissanne
elative
tamastanne
tamoistanne
illative
tamaanne
tamoihinne
adessive
tamallanne
tamoillanne
ablative
tamaltanne
tamoiltanne
allative
tamallenne
tamoillenne
essive
tamananne
tamoinanne
translative
tamaksenne
tamoiksenne
abessive
tamattanne
tamoittanne
instructive
comitative
—tamoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tamansa
tamansa
accusative
nom.
tamansa
tamansa
gen.
tamansa
genitive
tamansa
tamojensa tamainsa $^{rare}$
partitive
tamaansa
tamojaan tamojansa
inessive
tamassaan tamassansa
tamoissaan tamoissansa
elative
tamastaan tamastansa
tamoistaan tamoistansa
illative
tamaansa
tamoihinsa
adessive
tamallaan tamallansa
tamoillaan tamoillansa
ablative
tamaltaan tamaltansa
tamoiltaan tamoiltansa
allative
tamalleen tamallensa
tamoilleen tamoillensa
essive
tamanaan tamanansa
tamoinaan tamoinansa
translative
tamakseen tamaksensa
tamoikseen tamoiksensa
abessive
tamattaan tamattansa
tamoittaan tamoittansa
instructive
comitative
—tamoineen tamoinensa :

### Anagrams

* maat

## Garo
### Noun

tama
* copper

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tá.máː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [tə́.máː]

### Noun

tamā f (possessed form tamar̃)
* iron ore

### References

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

## Hopi
### Noun

tama
* tooth (body part)

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tamaʔ/

### Verb

tama
* to come inside

## Jamamadí
### Noun

tama
* (Banawá) vine

### References

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

## Japanese
### Romanization

tama
* Rōmaji transcription of たま

## Kavalan
### Etymology

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

### Noun

tama
* father

## Latin
### Etymology

Unknown

### Noun

tama f (genitive tamae); first declension
* A kind of swelling of the feet and legs

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

### References

* “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.

## Maltese

* Root
* t-m-’
* 3 terms

### Etymology 1

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’.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaː.ma/
* Homophone: tagħma (except archaically)

#### Noun

tama f (plural tamiet)
* hope
    Synonym: speranza

### Etymology 2

From Arabic طَمِعَ (ṭamiʕa).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ma/

#### Verb

tama (imperfect jitma)
* to hope

##### Conjugation
## Maori
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ma/

### Noun

tama
* boy
* son
* male, man

### References

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

## Niuean
### Noun

tama
* child

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German tam(m).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: ta‧ma

### Noun

tama f
* dam
    Synonyms: jaz, zapora

#### Derived terms

* tamować impf

### Further reading

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

## Rukai
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

### Noun

tama
* father
* godfather

## Samoan
### Noun

tama
* boy
* child

#### Usage notes

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tǎːma/
* Hyphenation: ta‧ma

### Noun

táma f (Cyrillic spelling та́ма)
* darkness

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

#### Adjective

-tama (declinable)
* final

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adverb

tama
* really, truly
    Synonym: kweli

## Swazi
### Verb

-tama
* to strive, to try

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Swedish
### Adjective

tama
* inflection of tam:
** definite singular
** plural

### Anagrams

* mata

## Tagalog
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)
* correct; right
    Synonyms: tumpak, wasto, (Marinduque) husto
* fit; proper (of one's actions, decisions, etc.)
    Synonyms: akma, tugma, angkop, bagay, nababagay
* hitting the mark
    Synonym: tingid
* winning (of a bet)
    Synonyms: nanalo, panalo

#### Derived terms

* bato-bato sa langit, ang tamaan huwag magalit
* di-pagkakatama
* di-tama
* itama
* magkatama-tama
* magpatama
* magtama
* makatama
* mapatama
* matamaan
* pagtama
* pagtamain
* patama
* patamaan
* patamain
* tama na
* tama sa
* tamaan
* tamang-tama
* tinamaan ng lintik
* tumama

### Noun

tamà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜋ)
* right answer; correct answer
* right thing to do; morally good or proper act
* successful hit, strike, or shot
* wound caused by a hit or shot (of a bullet, arrow, etc.)
* (colloquial) elevation in mood
* (colloquial, by extension) tipsiness
* winning numbers (in a lotto, etc.)
* right fit or adjustment

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* mata

## Tetum
### Etymology

Compare Maori tomo.

### Verb

tama
* to enter

## Tokelauan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.ma]
* Hyphenation: ta‧ma

### Noun

tama
* child
* boy
* roe
* malformed coconut

#### Usage notes

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

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 369

## Wolof
### Noun

tama (definite form tama ji)
* a small type of talking drum

### References

* 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