Nama

See also: nama, náma, nāma, namā, namä, nämä, namą, and Nam Á

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek νᾶμα (nâma, “fountain or stream”)

Proper noun

Nama f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – fiddleleaf plants, sandbells, etc.

Usage notes

• Also sometimes classified in family Namaceae in Boraginales, or in subfamily Namoideae in Boraginaceae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae - family; Hydrophylloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Nama jamaicensis (Jamaicanweed) - type species

References

• Nama (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nama on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Nama on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Nama at Plants of the World Online
• Nama at Tropicos

English

Proper noun

Nama

1. A Khoisan language of Namibia.
2. A language of Papua New Guinea

Translations

Khoisan language of Namibia

• Khoekhoe: Khoekhoegowab
• Russian: нама (ru) m (nama), (archaic) готтентотский (ru) (gottentotskij)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Nama, naq ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Nama, nmx ⁠

Anagrams

• mana, naam