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jama

jama

See also: JAMA, jáma, and jämä

Finnish

Noun

jama

  1. A situation or state, especially an unfavourable one; normally used only in inessive, elative and illative singular to express being in, getting out of, or getting into a (bad) situation.
    • Yritys A on todella pahassa jamassa.
      • Company A is in a really difficult situation.

Declension

Inflection of jama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative jama jamat
genitive jaman jamojen
partitive jamaa jamoja
illative jamaan jamoihin
singular plural
nominative jama jamat
accusative nom. jama jamat
gen. jaman
genitive jaman jamojen
jamainrare
partitive jamaa jamoja
inessive jamassa jamoissa
elative jamasta jamoista
illative jamaan jamoihin
adessive jamalla jamoilla
ablative jamalta jamoilta
allative jamalle jamoille
essive jamana jamoina
translative jamaksi jamoiksi
instructive jamoin
abessive jamatta jamoitta
comitative jamoineen

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

jama

  1. rōmaji reading of じゃま

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈja.ma/

Noun

jama f

  1. cavity
  2. cave
  3. burrow
  4. fossa
  5. delve
  6. ventricle

Declension

Derived terms

  • jamisty
  • jamowy

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *jama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jâma/
  • Hyphenation: ja‧ma

Noun

jȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ја̏ма)

  1. excavation, hole, cavity
    Postojnska jama je kraljica svih jama. - The Postojna cave is the queen of all caves.
  2. hollow, depression
  3. hole, burrow


Declension


Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjàːma/
  • Tonal orthography: jáma

Noun

jáma f (genitive jáme, nominative plural jáme)

  1. cave
    Postojnska jama je kraljica vseh jam - The Postojna cave is queen of all caves

Declension


Swedish

Verb

jama

  1. meow

Conjugation