Nama

See also: nama, náma, nāma, namā, namä, nämä, namą, and Nam Á

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek νᾶμα (nâma, “fountain or stream”)

Proper noun

Nama f

A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – fiddleleaf plants, sandbells, etc.

Usage notes

Also sometimes classified in family Namaceae in Boraginales, or in subfamily Namoideae in Boraginaceae.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae - family; Hydrophylloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Nama jamaicensis (Jamaicanweed) - type species

References

Nama (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Nama on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Nama on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Nama at Plants of the World Online
Nama at Tropicos

English

Proper noun

Nama

A Khoisan language of Namibia.
A language of Papua New Guinea

Translations

Khoisan language of Namibia

Khoekhoe: Khoekhoegowab
Russian: нама (ru) m (nama), (archaic) готтентотский (ru) (gottentotskij)

Further reading

Ethnologue entry for Nama, naq ⁠
Ethnologue entry for Nama, nmx ⁠

Anagrams

mana, naam

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