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Etymology

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Compare Turkish dama, Northern Kurdish دامە (dame). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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dama (uncountable)

  1. The game of Turkish draughts.

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Asturian

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Noun

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dama f (plural dames)

  1. (chess) queen

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Chess pieces in Asturian · pieces d'axedrez (layout · text)
           
rei dama, reina torre alfil caballu peón

Bambara

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Etymology

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Cognate with Eastern Maninkakan dàma.

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dama

  1. number, quantity
  2. limit

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dama

  1. only

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dona.

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dama f (plural dames)

  1. lady (graceful, elegant or noble woman)
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (in the plural) checkers (US), draughts (UK)

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Chess pieces in Catalan · peces d'escacs (layout · text)
           
rei reina, dama torre alfil cavall peó

Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish damas.

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  • Hyphenation: da‧ma

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dama

  1. the game of checkers
  2. (checkers) a king
  3. a demijohn

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dama

  1. (checkers) to crown a king

Cornish

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dama f (plural damyow)

  1. mother, dam

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French

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dama

  1. third-person singular past historic of damer

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dame.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdama/ [ˈd̪a.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: da‧ma

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dama f (plural damas)

  1. lady, dame, woman of high status
  2. (chess) queen
    Synonym: raíña

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Chess pieces in Galician · pezas de xadrez (layout · text)
           
rei dama, raíña torre, roque alfil cabalo peón

Garo

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Etymology

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From (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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dama

  1. drum

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dáː.máː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dáː.máː]

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dāmā f (possessed form dāmar̃)

  1. chance, opportunity, possibility
  2. equal, something comparable
  3. improvement

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  • Newman, Paul (2007) A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 41.

Icelandic

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dama f (genitive singular dömu, nominative plural dömur)

  1. lady (also used as a third person address)
    Hvað má bjóða dömunni?
    What may be offered the lady? (speaking to the lady herself)

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Ilocano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish damas.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: da‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ˈdama/

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dama

  1. (board games) checkers (US); draughts (UK)

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: dà‧ma

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French dame. Doublet of donna.

Noun

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dama f (plural dame)

  1. lady
  2. (board games, in the singular) draughts/checkers
  3. king (in draughts/checkers)
  4. draughtboard/checkerboard
  5. queen (playing card)
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  • Ottoman Turkish: دامه (dama)
    • Turkish: dama
    • Armenian: տամա (tama)

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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dama

  1. inflection of damare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Jamamadí

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dama

  1. (Banawá) to hold securely

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Japanese

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Romanization

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dama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だま
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ダマ

Kashubian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: da‧ma

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Polish dama.

Noun

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dama f

  1. lady

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Damm. Doublet of tama, a form borrowed from Polish. Compare Slovincian dama.

Noun

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dama f

  1. dam

Further reading

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  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “dama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
  • dama”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Latin

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Noun

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dāma f (genitive dāmae); first declension

  1. Alternative form of damma (fallow deer)

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative dāma dāmae
genitive dāmae dāmārum
dative dāmae dāmīs
accusative dāmam dāmās
ablative dāmā dāmīs
vocative dāma dāmae

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  • dama”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • dama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lithuanian

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  • (da) IPA(key): [d̪ɐˈmɐ]
  • (ma) IPA(key): [ˈd̪ä̌ːmɐ]

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damà f (plural dãmos) stress pattern 2

  1. lady[1]
  2. (card games) queen

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References

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  1. ^ “dama” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

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Maranao

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Etymology

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From Spanish damas.

Noun

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dama

  1. checkers, draughts

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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dama m or f

  1. definite feminine singular of dame

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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dama f (definite singular dama, indefinite plural damer or damor, definite plural damene or damone)

  1. definite singular of dame
  2. (pre-2012) alternative form of dame

Old Irish

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Verb

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·dama

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive conjunct of daimid

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Mutation of dama
radical lenition nasalization
·dama ·dama
pronounced with /-ð(ʲ)-/
·ndama

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dame, Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Doublet of domina.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: da‧ma

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dama f

  1. lady
    Synonyms: białogłowa, facetka, kobiałka, kobieta, niewiasta
  2. (card games) queen
    dama karoqueen of diamonds
    dama kierqueen of hearts
    dama pikqueen of spades
    dama treflqueen of clubs
  3. (chess, colloquial) queen (chess piece)
    Synonyms: hetman, królowa, królówka

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Chess pieces in Polish · bierki szachowe (layout · text)
           
król hetman, królowa, królówka, dama wieża goniec, laufer, giermek skoczek, koń, konik pion, pionek
Playing cards in Polish · karty do gry (layout · text)
             
as dwójka trójka czwórka piątka szóstka siódemka
             
ósemka dziewiątka dziesiątka walet dama król dżoker

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  • dama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • dama in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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dama

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Borrowed from French dame,[1] from Latin domina.[2] Doublet of dona.

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dama f (plural damas)

  1. lady
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (card games) queen

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Chess pieces in Portuguese · peças de xadrez (layout · text)
           
rei rainha, dama torre bispo cavalo peão
Playing cards in Portuguese · cartas de baralho (layout · text)
             
ás dois, duque três, terno quatro, quadra cinco, quina seis, sena sete, bisca, manilha
             
oito nove dez valete dama rei jóquer, curinga

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  1. ^ dama”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  2. ^ dama”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Romanian

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Noun

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dama f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of damă

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /dǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: da‧ma

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dáma f (Cyrillic spelling да́ма)

  1. lady
  2. (chess, card games) queen

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Chess pieces in Serbo-Croatian · šahovske figure / шаховске фигуре (layout · text)
           
kralj
краљ
dama, kraljica
дама, краљица
top, kula
топ, кула
lovac, trkač, laufer
ловац, тркач, лауфер
skakač, konj
скакач, коњ
pješak, pešak, pion, pijun
пјешак, пешак, пион, пијун
Playing cards in Serbo-Croatian · igraće karte (layout · text)
             
as, kec dvojka, dvica trojka, trica četvorka, četvrtica petica šestica sedmica
             
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica dečko, pub, žandar, fant kraljica, dama kralj džoker

Slovene

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dáma f

  1. lady
  2. (chess) queen
  3. (card games) queen

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. dáma
gen. sing. dáme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
dáma dámi dáme
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dáme dám dám
dative
(dajȃlnik)
dámi dámama dámam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
dámo dámi dáme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
dámi dámah dámah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
dámo dámama dámami

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Playing cards in Slovene · igralne karte (layout · text)
             
as, enka dvojka trojka štirka, štirica petka, petica šestka, šestica sedemka, sedmica
             
osmica devetka, devetica desetka, desetica fant kraljica, dama kralj joker

Slovincian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Damm. Compare Kashubian dama.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈda.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: da‧ma

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dama f

  1. dam

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dueña.

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dama f (plural damas, masculine caballero, masculine plural caballeros)

  1. lady, dame
    Synonyms: señora, ama
  2. (Mexico) a female member of the court of honor at a quinceañera
    Coordinate term: chambelán
  3. (chess) queen
    Synonym: reina
  4. (checkers) king
    Synonym: reina

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Chess pieces in Spanish · piezas de ajedrez (layout · text)
           
rey dama, reina torre, roque alfil caballo peón

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Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese damas.

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dama class IX (no plural)

  1. draughts, checkers

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Compare Malay jamah.

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damá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. feeling; perception
    Synonyms: damdam, pakiramdam
  2. opinion about something
    Synonyms: kuro, kuro-kuro, palagay

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damá (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. felt; perceived
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish damas.

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dama (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. checkers; draughts
  2. (checkers) king
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Borrowed from Spanish dama (lady, dame).

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dama (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜋ)

  1. maid of honor; lady-in-waiting
    Synonym: abay
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Further reading

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  • dama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *dramaʀ (light, torch), variant of *ramaʀ with irregular loss of , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *damaʀ.

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dama

  1. light

Further reading

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  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 380
  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

West Makian

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dama

  1. forest

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV dama
Brazilian standard dama
New Tribes dama

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dama

  1. ocean, sea

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “dama”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[5], Lyon
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “dama”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[6], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 219, 388:[damạ] 'sea' [] dama - sea
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “dama”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[7], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • de Civrieux, Marc (1980) “dama”, in  David M. Guss, transl., Watunna: An Orinoco Creation Cycle, San Francisco: North Point Press, →ISBN
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