khama

== Northern Ndebele == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-káma (“squeeze, wring”). === Verb === -kháma to choke ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Pali == === Alternative forms === === Etymology === Formed from the root kham, possibly in a stage earlier than Pali. === Adjective === khama patient, forgiving enduring, hardened to ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== akkhama === Verb === khama second-person singular imperative active of khamati (“to forgive”) == Phuthi == === Etymology === From Proto-Bantu *-káma (“squeeze, wring”). === Verb === -kháma to squeeze, to throttle ==== Inflection ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. == Zulu == === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Bantu *-káma (“squeeze, wring”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kʰaːma/ ==== Verb ==== -khâma to press, to squeeze, to wring out to drain off ===== Inflection ===== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kʰaːma/ ==== Verb ==== -kháma (obsolete) to be agape, to have the mouth open ===== Inflection ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== -ekhama === References === C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “khama”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “khama (3.9)”