galama

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغلامه‎ (ağlama, “cry, weep, lament”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡalǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la‧ma

Noun

galáma f (Cyrillic spelling гала́ма)

  1. fuss, buzz, noise (of human voices)

Declension
Declension of galama
singular plural
nominative galama galame
genitive galame galama
dative galami galamama
accusative galamu galame
vocative galamo galame
locative galami galamama
instrumental galamom galamama

Uneapa

Etymology

From earlier *galam. Cognate with Muduapa gala.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡalama/

Verb

galama

  1. to work

Further reading
  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366
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