kòma

From kò (“scream, cry, yell”) +‎ -ma (verbalizer); compare Apalaí kohma, Wayana këkma, Akawaio kö'ma, Pemon köma.

• IPA^(key): [koʔma]

kòma

1. (transitive) to call (someone)

• Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary‎, Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, page 298
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ko”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 219; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 213
• Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “koma”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 222; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes‎, Paris, 1956, page 216
• Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “ko'ma”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume‎, University of Oregon, page 750