goma
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡo.mə]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡo.ma]
=== Noun ===
goma f (plural gomes)
rubber
gum
eraser
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“goma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“goma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“goma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“goma” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
First attested in 1350. From Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -oma
Hyphenation: go‧ma
=== Noun ===
goma f (plural gomas)
resin, sap, gum
c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 197:
(uncountable) rubber (material)
eraser
=== References ===
“goma”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
“goma”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “goma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “goma”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “goma”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “goma”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “goma”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
== Hausa ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Chadic *gʷam-, likely an old borrowing from Niger-Congo (compare Proto-Bantu *ìkʊ́mì), or from Proto-Afroasiatic with metathesis. If so, cognate with Egyptian mḏw and Proto-Berber *măraw (whence Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵔⴰⵡ (mraw)). Cognate with Ngizim gūmà, Bura kuma, Daba guɓ, Podoko jɨ́ma, Kirya-Konzel gùm, Duwai gū̀mà.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡóː.mà/
(Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡʷóː.mə̀]
=== Numeral ===
gōmà f
ten
==== Derived terms ====
gomiya
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
goma
Rōmaji transcription of ごま
Rōmaji transcription of ゴマ
== Lombard ==
=== Alternative forms ===
gomma, guma, gumma
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡoma/, [ˈɡomɑ], [ˈɡumɑ]
=== Noun ===
goma f (plural gome)
rubber
gum
eraser
tyre
== Negeri Sembilan Malay ==
=== Etymology ===
Derived from Malay gemar.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡɔ.ma/
Hyphenation: go‧ma
=== Verb ===
goma
to like; to love
== Old Dutch ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *gaumu, Proto-Germanic *gaumō.
=== Noun ===
goma f
attention
meal
==== Inflection ====
==== Descendants ====
Middle Dutch: gôme
Dutch: goom
==== References ====
“gōma”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
== Old English ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡoː.mɑ/
Rhymes: -oː.mɑ
=== Noun ===
gōma m
palate, the roof of the mouth
Exeter Book, riddle 40
jaws
==== Declension ====
Weak:
==== Descendants ====
Middle English: gome, goome, gomme, gumme
English: gum, goom (dialectal)
Scots: goom, geem, gum
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -omɐ
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).
==== Noun ====
goma f (plural gomas)
starch (laundry stiffener)
gum (viscous substance exuded by certain plants)
(Brazil, slang, regional) home, house
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Sranan Tongo: goma
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Nyungwe ngoma.
==== Noun ====
goma f (plural gomas)
(Mozambique) synonym of cudo (“kudu”)
=== Etymology 3 ===
Borrowed from Kimbundu ngoma.
==== Noun ====
goma f (plural gomas)
(Angola) a type of long drum
=== Further reading ===
“goma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“goma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
“goma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
“goma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Rwanda-Rundi ==
=== Verb ===
-goma (infinitive kugoma, perfective -gomye)
rebel, revolt
==== Derived terms ====
umugome
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈɡoma/ [ˈɡo.ma]
Rhymes: -oma
Syllabification: go‧ma
==== Noun ====
goma f (plural gomas)
rubber (substance, material)
Synonym: caucho
ellipsis of cinta de goma or goma elástica (“rubber band”)
Synonym: (Southern Cone, Puerto Rico) gomita
(botany, Bolivia) rubber tree
(Bolivia) teether
ellipsis of goma de borrar (“eraser”)
Synonym: borrador
condom
Synonyms: preservativo, condón
tire
(Rioplatense, Chile, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) boob; tit
gum (substance exuded by certain plants)
Synonym: resina
(Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile) ellipsis of goma de mascar (“chewing gum”)
Synonym: chicle
(Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Cuba, Andes Mountains, Guatemala, Panama, Uruguay) glue
Synonym: pegamento
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Cebuano: goma
→ Ilocano: goma
→ Maguindanao: guma
→ Tagalog: goma
→ Tausug: guma
==== Further reading ====
“goma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“goma” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
goma
inflection of gomar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Adjective ====
goma f
(Bolivia, colloquial) easy (Consenting readily to sex)
feminine singular of gomo
==== Noun ====
goma f (plural gomas)
feminine singular of gomo
(Central America, Panama, Spain) clipping of gomona (“hangover”)
Synonym: resaca
(Spain) hair tie, ponytail holder, ponytailer, hair elastic, bobble, hair boble
Synonyms: (Spain) goma del pelo, (Argentina, Colombia) colita, (Chile) colet, (Mexico) liga, colero
(Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) home plate
(Colombia, Eastern Venezuela) obsession
(Peru, Chile) spanking
(Bolivia) airbag
(Bolivia, vulgar) A promiscuous woman.
(Chile, slang) illicit pills
(El Salvador) the freshness of freshly-washed clothing
(Paraguay) physical discomfort
== Sranan Tongo ==
=== Etymology ===
From Portuguese goma.
=== Noun ===
goma
starch (laundry stiffener)
== Swahili ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Verb ===
-goma (infinitive kugoma)
to boycott, strike
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
Nominal derivations:
mgomaji (“striker”)
mgomo (“strike”)
ugomaji (“striking”)
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish goma (“rubber; gum”), from Late Latin gumma (“gum; resin”), from Latin cummi (“gum”), from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi, “gum”), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡoma/ [ˈɡoː.mɐ]
Rhymes: -oma
Syllabification: go‧ma
=== Noun ===
goma (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜋ)
rubber; gum
Synonyms: kola, pangkola
rubber band; elastic band
Synonym: lastiko
rubber eraser
Synonym: pambura
rubber tire
rubber shoes
==== Derived terms ====
gomahan
=== Adjective ===
goma (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜋ)
made of rubber
=== Further reading ===
“goma”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“goma”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
=== Anagrams ===
mago, Mago