bama

See also: Bama, b́aḿa, and bàmā

English

Noun

bama (plural bamas)

1. 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

1. crocodile

Jamamadí

Noun

bama

1. (Banawá) catfish

References

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

Warungu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pama/

Noun

bama

1. man

References

• Tsunoda, Tasaku. (2011) A Grammar of Warrongo