"dama" meaning in Hausa

See dama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /dáː.máː/, [dáː.máː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: dāmā [canonical, feminine], dāmar̃ [possessed-form]
Head templates: {{ha-noun|f|dāmā}} dāmā f (possessed form dāmar̃)
  1. chance, opportunity, possibility
    Sense id: en-dama-ha-noun-ceP6B2ma Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 52 43 5
  2. equal, something comparable
    Sense id: en-dama-ha-noun-Vxk~UYib Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 52 43 5
  3. improvement
    Sense id: en-dama-ha-noun-YqSg6fv~

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dāmā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāmar̃",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "dāmā"
      },
      "expansion": "dāmā f (possessed form dāmar̃)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 43 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chance, opportunity, possibility"
      ],
      "id": "en-dama-ha-noun-ceP6B2ma",
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "52 43 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "equal, something comparable"
      ],
      "id": "en-dama-ha-noun-Vxk~UYib",
      "links": [
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "improvement"
      ],
      "id": "en-dama-ha-noun-YqSg6fv~",
      "links": [
        [
          "improvement",
          "improvement"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dáː.máː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dáː.máː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hausa feminine nouns",
    "Hausa lemmas",
    "Hausa nouns",
    "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "dāmā",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dāmar̃",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "dāmā"
      },
      "expansion": "dāmā f (possessed form dāmar̃)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chance, opportunity, possibility"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ],
        [
          "opportunity",
          "opportunity"
        ],
        [
          "possibility",
          "possibility"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "equal, something comparable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equal",
          "equal"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "improvement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "improvement",
          "improvement"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dáː.máː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[dáː.máː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dama"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hausa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e268c0e and 304864d). 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.

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