pama

See also: Pama, pāma, and pâma

Italian

Etymology

False cognate of Telugu పాము (pāmu, snake, serpent). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpa.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: pà‧ma

Noun

pama m (invariable)

  1. banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)

Further reading

  • pama in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pâmer.

Verb

a pama (third-person singular present pamează, past participle pamat) 1st conj.

  1. to swoon

Conjugation

Spanish

Adjective

pama m or f (masculine and feminine plural pamas)

  1. Paman

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ˈma/

Adverb

pama

  1. (interrogative) what?
    mene pama?what is this?
    pama mene?what is this?
    ni aim pama?what is your name?

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics (as pamá)
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