nhama

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nama/

Pronoun

nhama

that

References

Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
(2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
(2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ronga nyama, from Proto-Bantu *nɲàmà.

Noun

nhama f (plural nhamas)

(Mozambique) meat, edible animal
- 1930, Carlos Roma Machado de Faria e Maia, Recordações de Africa:
  [...] os dois caçadores flamantes, no meio de grande cantoria, a dançar, trazendo a nhama [...]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“nhama” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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