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Definitions and meaning of oma

oma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Oma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoʊmə/
  • Rhymes: -oʊmə

Noun

oma (plural omas)

  1. (among people of German ancestry) Grandmother, grandma.

See also

  • baba

Anagrams

  • MoA, Amo., MAO, moa, MOA, Amo, AMO, mao, AOM, Mao

Catalan

Etymology

From om +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈo.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈo.ma]

Noun

oma f (plural omes)

  1. wych elm, Scots elm

Further reading

  • “oma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Dutch

Etymology

Likely stemming from grootma, a word that young children often mispronounce. Cognate to German Oma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈoː.maː/
  • Hyphenation: oma

Noun

oma f (plural oma's, diminutive omaatje n)

  1. grandma, granny, nan
    Synonym: grootmoeder
  2. (colloquial) any old woman

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: oma, omah
  • → Papiamentu: oma
  • → Sranan Tongo: oma

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oma. Cognate to Finnish oma, Livonian umm, Votic õma and Northern Sami oapmi. Compare also Udmurt умой (umoj, “good, fitting, right”) and Komi-Zyrian эм (em, “exists”). Possibly an old derivation from the copula - olema.

Adjective

oma (indeclinable)

  1. own
  2. (military) friendly

Declension

Indeclinable.

Noun

oma (genitive oma, partitive oma)

  1. (military, usually in the plural) a friendly

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oma. Cognate to Estonian oma, Livonian umm, Votic õma and Northern Sami oapmi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈomɑ/, [ˈo̞mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -omɑ
  • Syllabification(key): o‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): oma

Adjective

oma (comparative omempi, superlative omin)

  1. own (that belongs to one)
  2. (military) friendly (on one's own side)

Declension

Derived terms

Noun

oma

  1. (military, usually in the plural) friendly (someone on the same side)

Declension

See also

  • ystävyysottelu

Further reading

  • “oma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

  • moa

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oma/

Noun

oma

  1. lobster

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oma. Cognates include Finnish oma and Estonian oma.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈomɑ/, [ˈo̞mɑ]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈomɑ/, [ˈo̞mɑ]
  • Rhymes: -omɑ
  • Hyphenation: o‧ma

Adjective

oma (not comparable)

  1. own

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 362

Karao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

Noun

oma

  1. mountainside garden

Karelian

Adjective

oma

  1. own

Kari'na

Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *ôtema; compare Apalaí osema, Trió ëema, Wayana ësema, Waiwai esama, Akawaio e'ma, Macushi ema, Pemon ema, Ye'kwana ööma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oːma]

Noun

óma (possessed omary)

  1. road, path
  2. line

References

  • Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎[4], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 328
  • Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “oma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 335; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎[5], Paris, 1956, page 328

Kirikiri

Noun

oma

  1. (Faia) tongue

Synonyms

  • abla (Kirikiri)

Further reading

  • Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

Noun

oma

  1. garden

References

  • Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “oma”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 75

Ladin

Noun

oma f (plural omans)

  1. mother

Lala (South Africa)

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

-óma

  1. to become dry

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old East Slavic умъ (umŭ, “mind, intellect”) (cf. Russian ум (um, “mind, intellect, wit”)), cognate with Lithuanian aumuõ (“understanding, notion, intellect”), genitive aumeñs. This word was borrowed into Latvian before the 13th century, while Old East Slavic у was still close to [o] in pronunciation. It conserved its original meaning (“mind,” “understanding”) well into the 19th century; the modern sense was an innovation introduced by Atis Kronvalds.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [uōma]

Noun

oma f (4th declension)

  1. mood (mental or emotional state)
    būt labā omā ― to be in a good mood
    būt priecīgā omā ― to be in a cheerful mood
    viņš šodien ir sliktā omā ― he is in a bad mood today

Declension

Derived terms

  • omulīgs, omulīgums
  • omulība

References

Ludian

Adjective

oma

  1. own

Maori

Verb

oma

  1. run, race, flee, escape, move quickly, run away

Maranao

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

Noun

oma

  1. farm

Etymology 2

From Western Bukidnon Manobo uma.

Verb

oma

  1. to arrive

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔma]
  • Hyphenation: o‧ma

Etymology 1

Cognates include Minica Huitoto oma and Nüpode Huitoto oma.

Noun

oma

  1. brother-in-law (to a female)
Declension

Etymology 2

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

Root

oma

  1. tail
Derived terms

References

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[6] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 53
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[7], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 41

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

-óma

  1. to become dry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

oma

  1. to be dry

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Oma (“grandma”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: o‧ma

Noun

oma f (plural omas)

  1. (South Brazil, familiar) grandma
    Synonym: avó
    Antonym: opa

Further reading

  • “oma”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025

Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

oma

  1. to be dry

Southern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

-ôma

  1. to become dry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch oma.

Noun

oma

  1. grandmother

References

  • SIL International, Sranan Tongo – English Dictionary

Swazi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

-oma

  1. to become dry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

oma

  1. to be dry

Volapük

Pronoun

oma

  1. (genitive singular of om) "his"

Synonyms

  • omik

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈo.ma/

Noun

oma

  1. a child

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[8], Pacific linguistics

Xhosa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

-ôma

  1. to become dry

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jʊ́ma.

Verb

-ôma

  1. to become dry
  2. to become thirsty

Inflection

References

  • C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “oma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “oma (6.3)”

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