alama
التعريفات والمعاني
== Estonian ==
=== Noun ===
alama
genitive singular of alam
== Hausa ==
=== Alternative forms ===
hàlāmā̀
=== Etymology ===
From Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ʔà.láː.màː/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ʔà.láː.màː]
=== Noun ===
àlāmā̀ f (plural alāmōmī or àlā̀mū, possessed form àlāmàr̃)
mark (indication for reference or measurement)
sign, symbol
indication, evidence
=== References ===
Newman, Paul (2007), A Hausa-English Dictionary (Yale Language Series), New Haven; London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, pages 4–5.
== Indonesian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Gorontalo [Term?]
=== Noun ===
alama (plural alama-alama)
incense from Shorea
=== Further reading ===
“alama”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Unguja standard) IPA(key): /ɑˈlɑ.mɑ/
=== Noun ===
alama class IX (plural alama class X)
mark, grade (indication for reference or measurement)
sign, symbol
scar
==== Derived terms ====
alama ya kidole (“fingerprint”)
alama ya mkato (“comma”)
alama ya mshangao (“exclamation mark”)
alama ya reli (“hash symbol”)
=== References ===