"rama" meaning in Maltese

See rama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈra.ma/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian armari. Sense 3 is from Arabic رَمَعَ (ramaʕa). Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|armari}} Borrowed from Sicilian armari, {{langname|mt}} Maltese, {{senseno|mt|begin|uc=1}} Sense 3, {{inh|mt|ar|رَمَعَ}} Arabic رَمَعَ (ramaʕa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jarma|armat|vn=armar}} rama (imperfect jarma, past participle armat, verbal noun armar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|rmajt|rmajt|rama|rmat|rmajna|rmajtu|rmaw|narma|tarma|jarma|tarma|narmaw|tarmaw|jarmaw|arma|armaw}} Forms: jarma [imperfect], armat [participle, past], armar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], rmajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], rmajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], rama [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], rmajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], rmajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], rmaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], rmajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], rmajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], rmat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], rmajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], rmajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], rmaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], narma [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tarma [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jarma [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], narmaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tarmaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jarmaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], narma [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tarma [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tarma [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], narmaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tarmaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jarmaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], arma [imperative, second-person, singular], armaw [imperative, plural, second-person], arma [alternative]
  1. (transitive) to arm (to supply with armour or weapons) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rama-mt-verb-q5-qF-iG Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 30 26 7 19 8 9
  2. (reflexive) to arm oneself; to become armed Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-rama-mt-verb-cFlixiP0 Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 30 26 7 19 8 9
  3. (followed by the imperfect) to begin, to start
    Sense id: en-rama-mt-verb-mt:begin
  4. (transitive) to contain, to hold inside Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rama-mt-verb-3H58Uraq Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 30 26 7 19 8 9
  5. (transitive) to furnish, to equip Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rama-mt-verb-yAoaK~jL
  6. (transitive) to harness (to place a harness on something) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rama-mt-verb-JiMPDyzy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: arma, armament, armar, armata, armatur, armatura, armerija, armier

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "armari"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian armari",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese",
      "name": "langname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
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      },
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    {
      "form": "jarma",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armar",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-weak-a-aa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "rmajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "rmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arma",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "jarma",
        "2": "armat",
        "vn": "armar"
      },
      "expansion": "rama (imperfect jarma, past participle armat, verbal noun armar)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rmajt",
        "10": "jarma",
        "11": "tarma",
        "12": "narmaw",
        "13": "tarmaw",
        "14": "jarmaw",
        "15": "arma",
        "16": "armaw",
        "2": "rmajt",
        "3": "rama",
        "4": "rmat",
        "5": "rmajna",
        "6": "rmajtu",
        "7": "rmaw",
        "8": "narma",
        "9": "tarma"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "arma"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armament"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armata"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armatur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armatura"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armerija"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "armier"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 26 7 19 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to arm (to supply with armour or weapons)"
      ],
      "id": "en-rama-mt-verb-q5-qF-iG",
      "links": [
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to arm (to supply with armour or weapons)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 26 7 19 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He armed himself",
          "text": "Rama ruħu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to arm oneself; to become armed"
      ],
      "id": "en-rama-mt-verb-cFlixiP0",
      "links": [
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "armed",
          "armed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to arm oneself; to become armed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Alternative form: rama’"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "id": "en-rama-mt-verb-mt:begin",
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by the imperfect) to begin, to start"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by the imperfect"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:begin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "30 26 7 19 8 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contain, to hold inside"
      ],
      "id": "en-rama-mt-verb-3H58Uraq",
      "links": [
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to contain, to hold inside"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to furnish, to equip"
      ],
      "id": "en-rama-mt-verb-yAoaK~jL",
      "links": [
        [
          "furnish",
          "furnish"
        ],
        [
          "equip",
          "equip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to furnish, to equip"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to harness (to place a harness on something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-rama-mt-verb-JiMPDyzy",
      "links": [
        [
          "harness",
          "harness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to harness (to place a harness on something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈra.ma/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Maltese final-weak form-I verbs",
    "Maltese final-weak verbs",
    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 30 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "armari"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian armari",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese",
      "name": "langname"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "begin",
        "uc": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Sense 3",
      "name": "senseno"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sicilian armari. Sense 3 is from Arabic رَمَعَ (ramaʕa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jarma",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armat",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armar",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/I-weak-a-aa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rama",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "narmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jarmaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arma",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "armaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "arma",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jarma",
        "2": "armat",
        "vn": "armar"
      },
      "expansion": "rama (imperfect jarma, past participle armat, verbal noun armar)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rmajt",
        "10": "jarma",
        "11": "tarma",
        "12": "narmaw",
        "13": "tarmaw",
        "14": "jarmaw",
        "15": "arma",
        "16": "armaw",
        "2": "rmajt",
        "3": "rama",
        "4": "rmat",
        "5": "rmajna",
        "6": "rmajtu",
        "7": "rmaw",
        "8": "narma",
        "9": "tarma"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "arma"
    },
    {
      "word": "armament"
    },
    {
      "word": "armar"
    },
    {
      "word": "armata"
    },
    {
      "word": "armatur"
    },
    {
      "word": "armatura"
    },
    {
      "word": "armerija"
    },
    {
      "word": "armier"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to arm (to supply with armour or weapons)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to arm (to supply with armour or weapons)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese reflexive verbs",
        "Maltese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He armed himself",
          "text": "Rama ruħu"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to arm oneself; to become armed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arm",
          "arm"
        ],
        [
          "armed",
          "armed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) to arm oneself; to become armed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Alternative form: rama’"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to begin, to start"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "begin",
          "begin"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(followed by the imperfect) to begin, to start"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by the imperfect"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "mt:begin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contain, to hold inside"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ],
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to contain, to hold inside"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to furnish, to equip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "furnish",
          "furnish"
        ],
        [
          "equip",
          "equip"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to furnish, to equip"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to harness (to place a harness on something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "harness",
          "harness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to harness (to place a harness on something)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈra.ma/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rama"
}

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