Definitions and meaning of boma
boma
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili boma (“enclosure, fortified outpost”).
Noun
boma (countable and uncountable, plural bomas) (East Africa)
- An enclosure usually made of thorn bushes, and latterly of steel fencing, for protection from marauders.
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- 2003, Rosie Woodroffe, Simon Thirgood, Alan and Rabinowitz, People and Wildlife, Conflict Or Co-existence?, Cambridge University Press, page 298,
- Recent replacement of rolled mesh with bomas made of portable, flexible reinforced mesh panels have nearly eliminated predation.
- A stockade made of bushes and thorns.
- A hide.
- 1922, Mary Hastings Bradley, On the Gorilla trail, quoted in Mary Zeiss Strange (editor), Heart Shots: Women write about hunting, Stackpole Books, page 182,
- You try to arrange the scene so the moonlight will be on the bait with a clear background against which the lion will show up. You pile as much fresh brush as you can on your thicket or boma, as the hiding place is called, for the lion can see as well by day as by night.
- A hut.
- A military or police post or magistracy.
- 5 February 2004, Zambia: Muyumbwe Boma Needs Police Post (allAfrica.com):
- GWEMBE district police officer-in-charge Adams Gondwe has appealed to Government to put up a police post in Muyumbwe boma to replace one that was washed away by floods last year.
- A type of fertilizer rich in animal dung.
- Soil fertility regeneration in Kenya (PDF):
- The cattle are usually corralled overnight which enables farmers to collect farmyard or boma manure.
- (uncountable) A method of composting.
- 2001, HDRA - the organic organisation, Composting in the Tropics II, page 16 (PDF):
- The Boma method is used on farms where there are animals (cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, chickens), which are kept in enclosures where droppings are concentrated.
See also
Anagrams
- Bamo, moab, MOAB, Abom, Moab, moAb, MOBA, ambo, Mabo
Chichewa
Etymology
Borrowed from Swahili boma (“enclosure, military or police outpost”).
Pronunciation
Noun
boma class 5 (plural maboma class 6)
- government
- government office or building, or zone where such buildings are located
- one of the districts of Malawi
Irish
Noun
boma m sg
- genitive singular of boim
Mutation
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “boma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bôme, from Dutch boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.ma/
- Rhymes: -ɔma
- Hyphenation: bò‧ma
Noun
boma m (plural bomi)
- (nautical) boom
Anagrams
Kongo
Noun
boma
- fear
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Noun
boma
- inflection of bom:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative dual
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From English bomb.
Noun
boma m (genitive singular boma, plural bomaichean)
- bomb (explosive)
Derived terms
- boma atamach (“atomic bomb”)
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “boma”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Slavomolisano
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bomba.
Pronunciation
Noun
boma f
- bomb
Declension
References
- Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).
Swahili
Etymology
Uncertain, though almost certainly not from an acronym of "British Overseas Military Attachment", which is a folk etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
boma class V (plural maboma class VI)
- enclosure for cattle, kraal
- fortified encampment or settlement
- fortified military or police outpost, fort or fortress
- Synonyms: ngome, sera, buruji
Descendants
Zia
Noun
boma
- knee
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