different between damma vs bamma

English

Alternative forms

• ?amma, Damma, dammah

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ??????? (?amma, “a joining”), instance noun of the verb ?????? (?amma, “to join”). Refers to the joining of the lips together when making an /u/ sound.

Noun

damma (plural dammas or damma)

1. (linguistics) In the Arabic script, the vowel point for u, appearing as a small curl placed above a letter (????) and designating a short u /u/. If the Arabic letter ?? (w?w) immediately follows, it indicates a long ? /u?/.

Translations

See also

• Arabic diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• fatha
• kasra
• sukun
• shadda
• tashkil

Anagrams

• Madam, madam

French

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (?amma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da.ma/

Noun

damma m (plural dammas)

1. damma

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (“to domesticate, tame”), the same root of Latin dom? (“I tame”) and English tame.

Noun

damma f (genitive dammae); first declension

1. A fallow deer

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• damma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• damma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old Frisian

Verb

damma

1. to dam

Oromo

Noun

damma

1. honey

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

damma

1. gerundive of dameti (“to tame”)
2. in need of taming, in need of restraint

Declension

References

“damma”, in Pali Text Society, editor, Pali-English Dictionary?, London: Chipstead, 1921-1925.

Swedish

Etymology

damm +? -a

Verb

damma (present dammar, preterite dammade, supine dammat, imperative damma)

1. (transitive) to dust, to remove dust

   Angela dammade ivrigt symaskinen.

   Angela eagerly dusted the sewing machine.

   att damma av

   to dust off

   att damma ned

   to cover with dust

   att damma på

   to punch, to hit (someone in a fight; as if with a duster)

2. (intransitive) to raise dust, to be dusty

   och så for han sin väg, så att det dammade omkring vagnen.

   and so he went away, so the dust whirled about the wagon.

Conjugation

Related terms

• damma av
• damma ned
• damma på
• dammborste
• dammhandduk
• dammig
• dammkorn
• dammrock
• dammvippa
• dammvirvel
• dammviska
• damning

References

• damma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• damma in Albert Montgomery, Svensk-engelsk ordbok (1914)

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Alabama (which is sometimes informally shortened to Bama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæm?/

Noun

bamma (plural bammas)

1. (African-American Vernacular, slang, derogatory) An unstylish rural person; a hick.

Alternative forms

• bama

Anagrams

• Mamba, mamba