chama

See also: chamá and -chama

English

Etymology

From Swahili chama (“organization, society”).

Noun

chama (plural chamas)

  1. (East Africa, chiefly Kenya) An informal cooperative society, usually for pooling and investing savings.

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

chama

  1. third-person singular present indicative of chamar
  2. second-person singular imperative of chamar

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxamˠə/

Adjective

chama

  1. Lenited form of cama.

Latin

Etymology

Unknown. Used by Pliny the Elder in Naturalis Historia.

Noun

chāma f (genitive chāmae); first declension

  1. bivalve, shellfish, clam; cockle

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative chāma chāmae
genitive chāmae chāmārum
dative chāmae chāmīs
accusative chāmam chāmās
ablative chāmā chāmīs
vocative chāma chāmae

Noun

chama m (genitive chamatis); third declension

  1. lynx
    • Plinius, Naturalis Historia, liber I. In: Pliny Natural History with an English translation by H. Rackham, vol. I, 1961, p. 40–43:
      Libro VIII. continentur: [...] (xxvi-xxx) De camelis; genera eorum. de camelopardali; quando primimi Romae visa. de chamate. de cephis, de rhinocerote. de lynce et sphingibus. de crocottis. de cercopithecis.
      Book VIII. Contents: [...] (xxvi-xxx) Camels; their kinds. The giraffe; when first seen at Rome. The spotted lynx. The cephi. The rhinoceros. The lynx and the sphynxes. The crocottae.b The long-tailed monkeys.
      b Perhaps the hyena.

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative chama chamatēs
genitive chamatis chamatum
dative chamatī chamatibus
accusative chamatem chamatēs
ablative chamate chamatibus
vocative chama chamatēs

Further reading

Old Irish

Adjective

chama

  1. Alternative spelling of chamma: Lenited form of cama.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈʃɐ.mɐ/, /ˈʃa.mɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃɐ.mɐ/
  • Hyphenation: cha‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ama

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese chama, from Latin flamma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Cognate with Spanish llama. Doublet of flama.

Noun

chama f (plural chamas)

  1. flame (visible part of fire)
    Synonym: flama
  2. (figuratively) flame (great zeal or passion)
    Synonym: ardor

See also

Etymology 2

Verb

chama

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of chamar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of chamar

Spanish

Noun

chama m (plural chamas)

  1. chama

Swahili

Noun

chama (ki-vi class, plural vyama)

  1. organization, society
  2. union
  3. party (a political party)
  4. club

Derived terms

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