okama

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese オカマ (okama).

Noun

okama (plural okama)

  1. A gay man, in the context of Japanese culture, especially one who is effeminate or cross-dresses.

Noun

okama (plural okamek)

  1. A Native American leader

Garo

Verb

okama

  1. To call
    Skigipa chatrorangko classona okama.
    The teacher calls the students to class.

Conjugation
Tense inflections for okama (see Appendix:Garo verbs)
Declarative Interrogative Potential
Positive Negative "not yet" Positive Negative Positive Negative
Present Simple okama okamja okamkuja okamama okamjama okamakon okamjakon
Continuous okamenga okamjaenga okamkujaenga okamengama okamjaengama okamaengakon okamjaengakon
Past okamaha okamjaha okamkujaha okamahama okamjahama okamahakon okamjahakon
Future okamgen, okamnoa1 okamjawa okamkujawa okamgenma, okamnoama1 okamjawama okamgenkon, okamnoakon1 okamjawakon
"probably" okamnabaginang okamjanabaginang – – – – –
Intentional okamnajok okamjanajok – – – – –
Change of state Non-past okamjok okamjajok – – – – –
Past okamahajok okamjahajok – – – – –
Imperative Second person okambo okamnabe – – – – –
Third person okamkan, okamkana okamjakan, okamjakana – – – – –
Formal imperative okambone okamnabene – – – – –
Infinitive okamna okamjana – – – – –
1Dialectal.

Japanese

Romanization

okama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おかま
  2. Rōmaji transcription of オカマ

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

okama

  1. dative/locative/instrumental plural of oka
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