"nyama" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Chichewa]

IPA: /ˈɲa.ma/ Forms: nyama [class-10, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|ny|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{ny-noun|nyama|9}} nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
  1. animal Tags: class-9 Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-nyama-ny-noun-q5GoLRTP Disambiguation of Animals: 73 27 Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 29 29 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
  2. meat Tags: class-9 Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-nyama-ny-noun-WdbWFDH8 Disambiguation of Foods: 33 67 Categories (other): Chichewa entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chichewa entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 29 29 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 29 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

Noun [Fanagalo]

Etymology: From Zulu inyama, from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|fng|zu|inyama}} Zulu inyama, {{inh|fng|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{head|fng|noun}} nyama
  1. meat
    Sense id: en-nyama-fng-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Fanagalo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Kikuyu]

IPA: /ɲàmàꜜ/
Etymology: Hinde (1904) records nyama as an equivalent of English meat in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba nyamma and “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba nama, and Swahili nyama as its equivalents. Etymology templates: {{cog|kam|nyamma}} Kamba nyamma, {{cog|sw|nyama}} Swahili nyama Head templates: {{ki-noun|9|-}} nyama class 9
  1. meat, flesh Tags: class-9 Categories (topical): Foods Derived forms: ikai rĩa nyama ti rĩa ngwacĩ, mũndũ ũtarĩ mbũri ndendaga nyama, nyama ya mbũri ndiunagwo na iru Related terms: mũcingũ
    Sense id: en-nyama-ki-noun-Jm-7ucOH Disambiguation of Foods: 73 27 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Kikuyu]

IPA: /ɲàmáꜜ/ Forms: 10 [canonical, class-10, class-9], nyama [plural]
Head templates: {{ki-noun|9/10|nyama}} nyama class 9/10 (plural nyama)
  1. aardvark Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Mammals
    Sense id: en-nyama-ki-noun-z5wcuJWE Disambiguation of Mammals: 19 81 Categories (other): Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kikuyu entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Lala (South Africa)]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|bnt-lal|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{head|bnt-lal|noun}} nyama
  1. meat
    Sense id: en-nyama-bnt-lal-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Lala (South Africa) entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Lingala]

Forms: nyama [class-10, plural], banyama [class-2, colloquial, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|ln|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{ln-noun|9}} nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10, colloquial plural banyama class 2)
  1. animal Tags: class-9 Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-nyama-ln-noun-q5GoLRTP Disambiguation of Animals: 72 14 14 Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lingala entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. meat Tags: class-9 Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-nyama-ln-noun-WdbWFDH8 Disambiguation of Foods: 18 64 18 Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lingala entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. idiot Tags: class-9
    Sense id: en-nyama-ln-noun-SPq3pWR5 Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lingala entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33

Noun [Sango]

Head templates: {{head|sg|noun}} nyama
  1. animal
    Sense id: en-nyama-sg-noun-q5GoLRTP Categories (other): Sango entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sango entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. meat
    Sense id: en-nyama-sg-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Sango entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Sango entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun [Shona]

Forms: nyama [class-10, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sn|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{sn-noun|nyama|9}} nyama class 9 (plural nyama class 10)
  1. meat Tags: class-9 Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-nyama-sn-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Shona entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swahili]

Audio: Sw-nyama.oga , Sw-ke-nyama.flac Forms: nyama class IX [canonical]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{sw-noun|n|-}} nyama class IX (no plural)
  1. meat Wikipedia link: sw:nyama Tags: no-plural Categories (topical): Foods Related terms: mnyama
    Sense id: en-nyama-sw-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Swahili entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Tsonga]

Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{inh|ts|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{head|ts|noun|||cat2=class 9 nouns|f1g=c|f1request=1|g=c9}} nyama class 9, {{ts-noun|9}} nyama class 9
  1. meat Tags: class-9 Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-nyama-ts-noun-WdbWFDH8 Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Tsonga entries with incorrect language header
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-31 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (bcd5c38 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.