noma

See also: NOMA

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin noma from Latin nomē from Ancient Greek νομή (nomḗ, “spreading (of sores)”) from νέμω (némō, “feed, devour, spread (of sores)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnəʊ̯mə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnoʊ̯mə/
• Hyphenation: no‧ma

Noun

noma (uncountable)

1. (pathology) A gangrenous disease of humans leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.

Derived terms

• noma neonatorum
• noma pudendi

Translations

disease

• Catalan: noma (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 坏疽性口炎 (huàijūxìngkǒuyán), 走马疳 (zh) (zǒumǎgān)

• Japanese: 水癌 (ja) (すいがん, suigan)
• Portuguese: noma f
• Spanish: noma m
• Tày: cam lòn
• Vietnamese: cam tẩu mã

References

• Noma (disease) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Noam, Mona, mona, Mano, Oman, Amon, Onam, maon, MONA, mano, moan

Asturian

Verb

noma

1. inflection of nomar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

noma

1. inflection of nomare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Maon, Oman, mano, mona

Japanese

Romanization

noma

1. Rōmaji transcription of のま
2. Rōmaji transcription of ノマ

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɑ/
• Rhymes: -o.mɑ

Noun

noma m (nominative plural noman) (Anglian)

1. alternative form of nama

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	noma	noman
accusative	noman	noman
genitive	noman	nomena
dative	noman	nomum

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• nama

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Noun

noma m

1. name

Declension

Declension of noma (masculine n-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	noma	noma
genitive	noma	nomana, nomena
dative	noma	nomum, nomem
accusative	noma	noma

Descendants

• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: nööm

  Heligoland: neem

  Mooring: noome

  Sylt: Naam

• Saterland Frisian: Nome, Noome
• West Frisian: namme

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnõ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈno.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: no‧ma

Noun

noma f (uncountable)

1. (pathology) noma (gangrenous disease of the mouth and cheeks)

Further reading

• “noma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “noma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

noma class IX (plural noma class X)

1. obstacle, objection

   Synonym: kipingamizi

2. (Sheng) problem, trouble
3. scorecard (to prove work)

References

• Githiora, Chege (2018), Sheng: Rise of a Kenyan Swahili Vernacular, James Currey, →ISBN, page 197

Swazi

Conjunction

nóma

1. or
2. whether
3. even if

Uzbek

Other scripts

Arabic (Afghan Uzbek)		—
Cyrillic		нома
Latin		noma

Noun

noma

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Venetan

Adverb

noma

1. only

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Old High German namo, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

nōma m (plural noma)

1. name

Derived terms

• nomastaog

Zulu

Etymology

From na- +‎ uma.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nóːma/

Conjunction

nóma

1. although, even though, even if
2. or

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “noma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “noma (3.9)”