"nama" meaning in Hausa

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Noun

IPA: /náː.màː/, [náː.màː] (note: Standard Kano Hausa) Forms: nāmā̀ [canonical, masculine], nāmū [plural], nāmōmī [plural], nāmàn [possessed-form]
Etymology: An old Chadic borrowing (also attested as Gwandara nama, Ngas nam) from Benue-Congo, cognate to Tyap nam, Lela nəmə, Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà. Etymology templates: {{cog|gwn|nama}} Gwandara nama, {{cog|anc|nam}} Ngas nam, {{der|ha|nic-bco}} Benue-Congo, {{cog|kcg|nam}} Tyap nam, {{cog|dri|nəmə}} Lela nəmə, {{cog|bnt-pro|*nɲàmà}} Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà Head templates: {{ha-noun|m|nāmā̀|nāmū|pl2=nāmōmī}} nāmā̀ m (plural nāmū or nāmōmī, possessed form nāmàn)
  1. meat Categories (topical): Foods
    Sense id: en-nama-ha-noun-WdbWFDH8 Disambiguation of Foods: 68 32
  2. wild animal
    Sense id: en-nama-ha-noun-T7LisjX5 Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 14 86
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwn",
        "2": "nama"
      },
      "expansion": "Gwandara nama",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "anc",
        "2": "nam"
      },
      "expansion": "Ngas nam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "nic-bco"
      },
      "expansion": "Benue-Congo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kcg",
        "2": "nam"
      },
      "expansion": "Tyap nam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dri",
        "2": "nəmə"
      },
      "expansion": "Lela nəmə",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "*nɲàmà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An old Chadic borrowing (also attested as Gwandara nama, Ngas nam) from Benue-Congo, cognate to Tyap nam, Lela nəmə, Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nāmā̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāmū",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāmōmī",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāmàn",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "nāmā̀",
        "3": "nāmū",
        "pl2": "nāmōmī"
      },
      "expansion": "nāmā̀ m (plural nāmū or nāmōmī, possessed form nāmàn)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "68 32",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ha",
          "name": "Foods",
          "orig": "ha:Foods",
          "parents": [
            "Eating",
            "Food and drink",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "meat"
      ],
      "id": "en-nama-ha-noun-WdbWFDH8",
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 86",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wild animal"
      ],
      "id": "en-nama-ha-noun-T7LisjX5",
      "links": [
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/náː.màː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[náː.màː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Hausa entries with incorrect language header",
    "Hausa lemmas",
    "Hausa masculine nouns",
    "Hausa nouns",
    "Hausa terms derived from Benue-Congo languages",
    "Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 29 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Yosondúa Mixtec entries with incorrect language header",
    "Yosondúa Mixtec interrogative adverbs",
    "ha:Foods"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gwn",
        "2": "nama"
      },
      "expansion": "Gwandara nama",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "anc",
        "2": "nam"
      },
      "expansion": "Ngas nam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ha",
        "2": "nic-bco"
      },
      "expansion": "Benue-Congo",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kcg",
        "2": "nam"
      },
      "expansion": "Tyap nam",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dri",
        "2": "nəmə"
      },
      "expansion": "Lela nəmə",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bnt-pro",
        "2": "*nɲàmà"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "An old Chadic borrowing (also attested as Gwandara nama, Ngas nam) from Benue-Congo, cognate to Tyap nam, Lela nəmə, Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nāmā̀",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāmū",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāmōmī",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nāmàn",
      "tags": [
        "possessed-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "2": "nāmā̀",
        "3": "nāmū",
        "pl2": "nāmōmī"
      },
      "expansion": "nāmā̀ m (plural nāmū or nāmōmī, possessed form nāmàn)",
      "name": "ha-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Hausa",
  "lang_code": "ha",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "meat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meat",
          "meat"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "wild animal"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wild",
          "wild"
        ],
        [
          "animal",
          "animal"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/náː.màː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[náː.màː]",
      "note": "Standard Kano Hausa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nama"
}

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