bama

See also: Bama, b́aḿa, and bàmā

English

Noun

bama (plural bamas)

Alternative form of bamma (“an unstylish rural person; a hick”).
- 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 79:
  I had already exposed myself. A backwoods bama, a Bible thumper.

Anagrams

AABM, AMAB, Amba, BAAM, BMAA, MAAB, amba

Bambara

Noun

bama

crocodile

Jamamadí

Noun

bama

(Banawá) catfish

References

2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Warungu

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pama/

Noun

bama

man

References

Tsunoda, Tasaku. (2011) A Grammar of Warrongo

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