alama

See also: alamă

Estonian

Noun

alama

1. 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]

• Audio (Nigeria):

  (file)

Noun

àlāmā̀ f (plural alāmōmī or àlā̀mū, possessed form àlāmàr̃)

1. mark (indication for reference or measurement)
2. sign, symbol
3. 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)

1. 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/

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

alama class IX (plural alama class X)

1. mark, grade (indication for reference or measurement)
2. sign, symbol
3. scar

Derived terms

• alama ya kidole (“fingerprint”)
• alama ya mkato (“comma”)
• alama ya mshangao (“exclamation mark”)
• alama ya reli (“hash symbol”)