hama

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hama

Where it comes from

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-caama, from Common Bantu *-càama. The expected outcomes (-t̪ama in the Northern dialects, -chama in Southern dialects) also exist.

Cognate with Giryama -tsama.

verb -hama · kuhama · kutohama · hama · hameni

  1. to move

    Similar: gura

  2. to emigrate

    Similar: hajiri

  3. to evacuate

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"hama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/hama. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

hama. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hama

Chicago

"hama." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hama.

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@misc{hama_2026,
  title = {hama},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/hama},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Sw-ke-hama.flac.