rama

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Anguthimri

Adjective

rama

1. (Mpakwithi) empty

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 188

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Russian ра́ма (ráma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɑmɑ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Noun

rama (definite accusative ramanı, plural ramalar)

1. frame (structural elements of a building, bicycle, or other constructed object)

Declension

Declension of rama
	singular	plural
nominative	rama	ramalar
definite accusative	ramanı	ramaları
dative	ramaya	ramalara
locative	ramada	ramalarda
ablative	ramadan	ramalardan
definite genitive	ramanın	ramaların

Possessive forms of rama
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ramam	ramalarım
sənin (“your”)	raman	ramaların
onun (“his/her/its”)	raması	ramaları
bizim (“our”)	ramamız	ramalarımız
sizin (“your”)	ramanız	ramalarınız
onların (“their”)	raması or ramaları	ramaları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ramamı	ramalarımı
sənin (“your”)	ramanı	ramalarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	ramasını	ramalarını
bizim (“our”)	ramamızı	ramalarımızı
sizin (“your”)	ramanızı	ramalarınızı
onların (“their”)	ramasını or ramalarını	ramalarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ramama	ramalarıma
sənin (“your”)	ramana	ramalarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	ramasına	ramalarına
bizim (“our”)	ramamıza	ramalarımıza
sizin (“your”)	ramanıza	ramalarınıza
onların (“their”)	ramasına or ramalarına	ramalarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ramamda	ramalarımda
sənin (“your”)	ramanda	ramalarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	ramasında	ramalarında
bizim (“our”)	ramamızda	ramalarımızda
sizin (“your”)	ramanızda	ramalarınızda
onların (“their”)	ramasında or ramalarında	ramalarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ramamdan	ramalarımdan
sənin (“your”)	ramandan	ramalarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	ramasından	ramalarından
bizim (“our”)	ramamızdan	ramalarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	ramanızdan	ramalarınızdan
onların (“their”)	ramasından or ramalarından	ramalarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	ramamın	ramalarımın
sənin (“your”)	ramanın	ramalarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	ramasının	ramalarının
bizim (“our”)	ramamızın	ramalarımızın
sizin (“your”)	ramanızın	ramalarınızın
onların (“their”)	ramasının or ramalarının	ramalarının

Further reading

• “rama” in Obastan.com.

Balinese

Romanization

rama

1. Romanization of ᬭᬵᬫ

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• raman

Etymology

From Middle High German rūmen, from Old High German rūmen, from Proto-West Germanic *rūmijan, from Proto-Germanic *rūmijaną, derived from *rūmaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrama/, [ˈrɑmɑ]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Verb

rama (past participle gramt)

1. to clear
2. to vacate
3. to evacuate

Conjugation

Conjugation of rama

infinitive	rama
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	ram	-	ramad
2nd person sing.	ramst	-	ramadst
3rd person sing.	ramt	-	ramad
1st person plur.	rama	-	ramadn
2nd person plur.	ramts	-	ramads
3rd person plur.	rama	-	ramadn
imperative sing.	ram
imperative plur.	ramts
past participle	gramt

Derived terms

• auframa
• ausrama
• außarama
• außerama
• außirama
• einarama
• einerama
• einirama
• eirama
• herrama
• hirama
• nausrama
• neirama
• nåchrama
• owarama
• owerama
• owirama
• ummarama
• ummerama
• ummirama
• umrama
• verrama
• wegarama
• wegrama
• zruckrama
• zåmmrama
• årama

 

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish rama (“branch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrama/, [ˈra.ma]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Noun

rama

1. branch

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

rama

1. third-person singular past historic of ramer

Anagrams

• arma

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese rama (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), a collective from ramo, from Latin ramus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈramɐ]

Noun

rama f (plural ramas)

1. branch
   • 1336, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 157:

     con suas casas, casâês, chantados, jures, perteenças et dereituras per rama et per colmo et per terra

     with its houses, farmhouses, plantations, rights, belongings and limits, by branch and thatch and earth [in medieval Galician it was customary that the seller would give a branch, thatch and earth taken from the sold property to the buyer, as symbol of the transference of the property]

   Synonyms: galla, póla, varelo

2. foliage

   A rama da pataca usábase durante a guerra como substitutivo do tabaco.

   During the Spanish Civil War, potato foliage was used as a substitute of tobacco.

   Synonyms: ramallada, ramaxe

3. field, branch, discipline

Related terms

• ramaxe
• ramallo
• ramo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “rama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “rama”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “rama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “rama”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rama”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Garo

Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *lam (“road”).

Noun

rama

1. road, way, path
2. means

Synonyms

• sorok

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

rama

1. to spread (so that the object(s) dry in the sun)

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽá.màː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽə́.màː]

Noun

ramā̀ f (possessed form ramàr̃)

1. hemp, jute

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽàː.má/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽàː.mə́]

Noun

rā̀ma f (possessed form rā̀mar̃)

1. emaciation

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay rama, from Classical Malay rama.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrama]
• Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Noun

rama (first-person possessive ramaku, second-person possessive ramamu, third-person possessive ramanya)

1. (Java) father.

   Synonym: bapak

2. title conferred on an adult male

   Synonym: bapak

3. (Catholicism) standard spelling of romo (“priest”).

Further reading

• “rama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Verb

rama

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

Anagrams

• amar, arma, marà

Javanese

Romanization

rama

1. Romanization of ꦫꦩ

Kashubian

FWOTD – 20 February 2024

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ma/
• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ra‧ma

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Polish rama.

Noun

rama f (diminutive ramka)

1. frame (connected strips surrounding a mirror, picture or glass)
2. frame (main structural element of a vehicle to which other parts are attached)
3. frame (rectangular object made of strips or tubing used to hold something in place)

Declension

Declension of rama

	singular	plural
nominative	rama	ramë
genitive	ramë	ram/ramów
dative	ramie	ramóm
accusative	ramã	ramë
instrumental	ramą	ramama
locative	ramie	ramach
vocative	rama/ramò	ramë

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Ramme. Compare German Rammklotz for the semantic shift.

Noun

rama f (diminutive ramka)

1. (figurative) obese woman
2. old cow

Declension

Declension of rama

	singular	plural
nominative	rama	ramë
genitive	ramë	ram/ramów
dative	ramie	ramóm
accusative	ramã	ramë
instrumental	ramą	ramama
locative	ramie	ramach
vocative	rama/ramò	ramë

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1970) “rama”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 4 (P – Ř), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 296
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “rama”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “rama”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “rama”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Malay

Etymology

From Old Javanese rāma (“father”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *da-amax (“father”), from Proto-Austronesian *ama-h (“father”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /ramə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /rama/
• Rhymes: -amə, -mə, -ə

Noun

rama (Jawi spelling راما, plural rama-rama, informal 1st possessive ramaku, 2nd possessive ramamu, 3rd possessive ramanya)

1. father (male parent)

Synonyms

• bapa (bapanda, bapai, bapak, bapang, baba, papa)
• abah (aba, bah)
• ayah (ayahanda, aya, yah)

Further reading

• “rama” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maltese

Root
r-m-j (arm)
2 terms

Alternative forms

• arma

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian armari. Sense 3 is from Arabic رَمَعَ (ramaʕa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ma/

Verb

rama (imperfect jarma, past participle armat, verbal noun armar)

1. (transitive) to arm (to supply with armour or weapons)
2. (reflexive) to arm oneself; to become armed

   Rama ruħu ― He armed himself

4. (followed by the imperfect) to begin, to start

   Alternative form: rama’

5. (transitive) to contain, to hold inside
6. (transitive) to furnish, to equip
7. (transitive) to harness (to place a harness on something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rama
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	rmajt	rmajt	rama		rmajna	rmajtu	rmaw
	f			rmat
imperfect	m	narma	tarma	jarma		narmaw	tarmaw	jarmaw
	f			tarma
imperative			arma				armaw

Related terms

• arma
• armament
• armar
• armata
• armatur
• armatura
• armerija
• armier

 

Maori

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (compare Indonesian damar).

Noun

rama

1. torch
2. light

Etymology 2

From English rum.

Noun

rama

1. rum

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ram m or f

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hramu (“frame, support”).

Noun

rama f

1. support

Descendants

• > Middle High German: rame, ram (inherited)
  • Alemannic German: Ramme
  • German: Rahmen m, Ramen, Rahme, Rame (obsolete)
    • → Czech: rám
    • → Romanian: ramă
    • → Russian: рама (rama)
  • Luxembourgish: Rumm
  • Vilamovian: raom
  • → Old Polish: rama, ram
    • Polish: rama
      • → Belarusian: ра́ма (ráma)
      • → Kashubian: rama
      • → Russian: ра́ма (ráma)
        • → Azerbaijani: rama
        • → Ingush: рама (rama)
        • → Yakut: араама (araama)
      • → Ukrainian: ра́ма (ráma)
    • Silesian: rama, rōma

Old Polish

Alternative forms

• ram

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German rame. First attested in 1394.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ra(ː)ma/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /rama/, /rɒma/

Noun

rama f

1. (attested in Lesser Poland) frame (device consisting of wooden or metal boards or strips rigidly connected at their ends)
   • 1879-1920 [1461], Sprawozdania Komisji do Badania Historii Sztuki w Polsce‎^[2], volume V, Krakow, page XXIX:

     Pro rami seu fenestralia membranarum

     [Pro ramy seu fenestralia membranarum]

   • 1450, Piotr z Uścia, Rozariusz kapitulny, Ujście: Archiwum i Biblioteki Krakowskiej Kapituły Katedralnej, sygn. Ms 224, page 81r:

     Expansale dicitur illud cum quo pannus expanditur sev extenditur proprie rami circa textores uel pravydlo circa sartores

     [Expansale dicitur illud cum quo pannus expanditur sev extenditur proprie ramy circa textores uel pravydlo circa sartores]

Descendants

• Polish: rama
  • → Belarusian: ра́ма (ráma)
  • → Kashubian: rama
  • → Russian: ра́ма (ráma)
    • → Azerbaijani: rama
    • → Ingush: рама (rama)
    • → Yakut: араама (araama)
  • → Ukrainian: ра́ма (ráma)
• Silesian: rama, rōma

References

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “rama”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• Mańczak, Witold (2017) “rama”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “rama”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “rama”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
• Ewa Deptuchowa, Mariusz Frodyma, Katarzyna Jasińska, Magdalena Klapper, Dorota Kołodziej, Mariusz Leńczuk, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, editors (2023), “rama”, in Rozariusze z polskimi glosami. Internetowa baza danych [Dictionaries of Polish glosses, an Internet database] (in Polish), Kraków: Pracownia Języka Staropolskiego Instytut Języka Polskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Pitjantjatjara

Adjective

rama

1. mad
2. crazy

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish rama. Compare German Rahmen.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈra.ma/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈrɒ.ma/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ra‧ma

Noun

rama f (diminutive ramka)

1. frame (connected strips surrounding a mirror, picture or glass)
2. frame (main structural element of a vehicle to which other parts are attached)
   1. crossbar (tube of a bicycle frame)
3. frame (rectangular object made of strips or tubing used to hold something in place)
4. frame (specific conventional limit of something)
5. (obsolete) package containing 250 matchboxes
6. (obsolete) edge (outside most part of something, particularly of fabric)

Declension

Declension of rama

	singular	plural
nominative	rama	ramy
genitive	ramy	ram
dative	ramie	ramom
accusative	ramę	ramy
instrumental	ramą	ramami
locative	ramie	ramach
vocative	ramo	ramy

Derived terms

noun

• antyrama

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: ра́ма (ráma)
• → Kashubian: rama
• → Russian: ра́ма (ráma)
  • → Azerbaijani: rama
  • → Ingush: рама (rama)
  • → Yakut: араама (araama)
• → Ukrainian: ра́ма (ráma)

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), rama is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 15 times in scientific texts, 23 times in news, 28 times in essays, 2 times in fiction, and 1 time in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 69 times, making it the 935th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• rama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• rama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “rama”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “rama”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “rama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “rama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 471

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mɐ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mɐ/ [ˈhɐ̃.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ̃.mɐ/ [ˈχɐ̃.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.ma/ [ˈhɐ.ma]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɐ.mɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁa.mɐ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
• Hyphenation: ra‧ma

Noun

rama f (plural ramas)

1. foliage

Rapa Nui

Noun

rama

1. torch

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ramer.

Verb

a rama (third-person singular present ramează, past participle ramat) 1st conj.

1. (intransitive) to row

Conjugation

    conjugation of rama (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a rama
gerund			ramând
past participle			ramat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	ramez	ramezi	ramează	ramăm	ramați	ramează
	imperfect	ramam	ramai	rama	ramam	ramați	ramau
	simple perfect	ramai	ramași	ramă	ramarăm	ramarăți	ramară
	pluperfect	ramasem	ramaseși	ramase	ramaserăm	ramaserăți	ramaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să ramez	să ramezi	să rameze	să ramăm	să ramați	să rameze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ramează			ramați
	negative		nu rama			nu ramați

Romansch

Etymology

From a Germanic language (compare German Rahmen).

Noun

rama m (plural ramas)

1. (Sursilvan) frame, framework

Alternative forms

• rom (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader)
• ram (Puter)

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• ramu (italianized)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin rāma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʐa.ma/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɾa.ma/ (Weakened)
• Hyphenation: rà‧ma

Noun

rama f (plural rami)

1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)
2. (figuratively) offshoot (that which develops from something else)

Derived terms

• appinnìrisi rami rami
• rama dâ uliva
• ramata
• ramazzu
• ramificari
• ramitta
• ramiḍḍa

 

See also

• arrimunnari
• chianta
• cippu
• putari
• ràdica
• serra
• tagghiari
• zuccu

 

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *òrmę.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ràːma/

Noun

ráma f

1. shoulder (joint between arm and torso)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing.	ráma
gen. sing.	ráme
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ráma	rámi	ráme
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ráme	rám	rám
dative (dajȃlnik)	rámi	rámama	rámam
accusative (tožȋlnik)	rámo	rámi	ráme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	rámi	rámah	rámah
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	rámo	rámama	rámami

Further reading

• “rama”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Spanish

Etymology

From ramo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrama/ [ˈra.ma]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ama
• Syllabification: ra‧ma

Noun

rama f (plural ramas)

1. branch (woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing)
2. (figuratively) offshoot (that which develops from something else)

   Synonym: vástago

Derived terms

• andarse por las ramas
• cortarramas
• rama de olivo
• rama negra
• ramada
• ramazón
• ramificar
• ramilla
• ramita
• ramo
• ser canela en rama

 

See also

• vara

Further reading

• “rama”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• amar
• arma

Sundanese

Romanization

rama

1. Romanization of ᮛᮙ

Swedish

Etymology

From ram (“frame”) +‎ -a.

Verb

rama (present ramar, preterite ramade, supine ramat, imperative rama)

1. (transitive) to frame (put a frame around)
2. (transitive, Scania, Malmö) to give somebody a lift on a bicycle

Conjugation

Conjugation of rama (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	rama		ramas
Supine	ramat		ramats
Imperative	rama		—
Imper. plural1	ramen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ramar	ramade	ramas	ramades
Ind. plural1	rama	ramade	ramas	ramades
Subjunctive2	rame	ramade	rames	ramades
	Participles
Present participle	ramande
Past participle	ramad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• inrama
• rama in

 

Adjective

rama (not comparable)

1. Only used in rena rama

References

• rama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “’Ska jag rama dig?’”, in Språket i P1‎^[3], Sveriges Radio, 2016 June 7, retrieved 14 April 2020

Anagrams

• aram., arma, mara

Veps

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rama

1. frame

Inflection

Inflection of rama (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	rama
genitive sing.	raman
partitive sing.	ramad
partitive plur.	ramoid
	singular	plural
nominative	rama	ramad
accusative	raman	ramad
genitive	raman	ramoiden
partitive	ramad	ramoid
essive-instructive	raman	ramoin
translative	ramaks	ramoikš
inessive	ramas	ramoiš
elative	ramaspäi	ramoišpäi
illative	ramaha	ramoihe
adessive	ramal	ramoil
ablative	ramalpäi	ramoilpäi
allative	ramale	ramoile
abessive	ramata	ramoita
comitative	ramanke	ramoidenke
prolative	ramadme	ramoidme
approximative I	ramanno	ramoidenno
approximative II	ramannoks	ramoidennoks
egressive	ramannopäi	ramoidennopäi
terminative I	ramahasai	ramoihesai
terminative II	ramalesai	ramoilesai
terminative III	ramassai	—
additive I	ramahapäi	ramoihepäi
additive II	ramalepäi	ramoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “оправа”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[4], Petrozavodsk: Periodika