Contionary:nama

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Niemish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈnaːmɐ/

Etymology

From Gothic namō.

Noun

² náma n.n. on-stem

  1. name

Declension

declension of náma (mh declension, irregular)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative náma námot námon námyna
genitive nä́mes nä́mines nä́mine nä́mise
dative námen náminum námą námę

Qino

Alternative forms

  • نم (Arabic script)
  • ነመ (Ge'ez script)

Etymology

Proto-Cushitic *nam. Cognate to Somali nin "man", Oromo nama "man, person".

Pronunciation

(Qino) IPA: /ˈnama/

Noun

nama m. (singulative namka m., namti f.; plural namoota, namaani; diminutive namicha m., namitti f.; augmentative namoowa)

  1. person, people
    Meeqa nama dha?
    How many people are they?

Derived terms

  • namaasi verb, 2b "to anthropomorphize"

Segotian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *n̥h₃mé.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

nama

  1. first-person dual pronoun; we two, us two
    comitative
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Declension

1st-person pronouns
  sg du pl
nom.emph egom newa nomes
nom ego na mos
obl me mes
gen mei nai moi
dat mewei nawei mowei
com egem nama noma
abl mede naide motes