See also: Salama, sālāma, sālāmā, and šalama

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *salama, from Proto-Uralic *śala. Cognates include Southern Khanty сӑт (săt) and Eastern Mansi са̄л (sāl).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑlɑmɑ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝lɑ̝mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑlɑmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): sa‧la‧ma

Noun

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salama

  1. lightning, bolt
  2. (photography) flash
    Synonym: salamavalo

Declension

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Inflection of salama (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative salama salamat
genitive salaman salamoiden
salamoitten
partitive salamaa salamoita
illative salamaan salamoihin
singular plural
nominative salama salamat
accusative nom. salama salamat
gen. salaman
genitive salaman salamoiden
salamoitten
salamain rare
partitive salamaa salamoita
inessive salamassa salamoissa
elative salamasta salamoista
illative salamaan salamoihin
adessive salamalla salamoilla
ablative salamalta salamoilta
allative salamalle salamoille
essive salamana salamoina
translative salamaksi salamoiksi
abessive salamatta salamoitta
instructive salamoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of salama (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative salamani salamani
accusative nom. salamani salamani
gen. salamani
genitive salamani salamoideni
salamoitteni
salamaini rare
partitive salamaani salamoitani
inessive salamassani salamoissani
elative salamastani salamoistani
illative salamaani salamoihini
adessive salamallani salamoillani
ablative salamaltani salamoiltani
allative salamalleni salamoilleni
essive salamanani salamoinani
translative salamakseni salamoikseni
abessive salamattani salamoittani
instructive
comitative salamoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative salamasi salamasi
accusative nom. salamasi salamasi
gen. salamasi
genitive salamasi salamoidesi
salamoittesi
salamaisi rare
partitive salamaasi salamoitasi
inessive salamassasi salamoissasi
elative salamastasi salamoistasi
illative salamaasi salamoihisi
adessive salamallasi salamoillasi
ablative salamaltasi salamoiltasi
allative salamallesi salamoillesi
essive salamanasi salamoinasi
translative salamaksesi salamoiksesi
abessive salamattasi salamoittasi
instructive
comitative salamoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salamamme salamamme
accusative nom. salamamme salamamme
gen. salamamme
genitive salamamme salamoidemme
salamoittemme
salamaimme rare
partitive salamaamme salamoitamme
inessive salamassamme salamoissamme
elative salamastamme salamoistamme
illative salamaamme salamoihimme
adessive salamallamme salamoillamme
ablative salamaltamme salamoiltamme
allative salamallemme salamoillemme
essive salamanamme salamoinamme
translative salamaksemme salamoiksemme
abessive salamattamme salamoittamme
instructive
comitative salamoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative salamanne salamanne
accusative nom. salamanne salamanne
gen. salamanne
genitive salamanne salamoidenne
salamoittenne
salamainne rare
partitive salamaanne salamoitanne
inessive salamassanne salamoissanne
elative salamastanne salamoistanne
illative salamaanne salamoihinne
adessive salamallanne salamoillanne
ablative salamaltanne salamoiltanne
allative salamallenne salamoillenne
essive salamananne salamoinanne
translative salamaksenne salamoiksenne
abessive salamattanne salamoittanne
instructive
comitative salamoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative salamansa salamansa
accusative nom. salamansa salamansa
gen. salamansa
genitive salamansa salamoidensa
salamoittensa
salamainsa rare
partitive salamaansa salamoitaan
salamoitansa
inessive salamassaan
salamassansa
salamoissaan
salamoissansa
elative salamastaan
salamastansa
salamoistaan
salamoistansa
illative salamaansa salamoihinsa
adessive salamallaan
salamallansa
salamoillaan
salamoillansa
ablative salamaltaan
salamaltansa
salamoiltaan
salamoiltansa
allative salamalleen
salamallensa
salamoilleen
salamoillensa
essive salamanaan
salamanansa
salamoinaan
salamoinansa
translative salamakseen
salamaksensa
salamoikseen
salamoiksensa
abessive salamattaan
salamattansa
salamoittaan
salamoittansa
instructive
comitative salamoineen
salamoinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَلَامَة (salāma).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sà.láː.màː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sə̀.láː.màː]

Noun

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sàlāmā̀ f (possessed form sàlāmàr̃)

  1. safety, ease

Malagasy

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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salama

  1. well, healthy

Etymology 2

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From Arabic سَلَام (salām).

Interjection

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salama

  1. (dialectal) hello

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Interjection

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salama

  1. salaam (a Muslim greeting)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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From Italian salame.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /salǎːma/
  • Hyphenation: sa‧la‧ma

Noun

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saláma f (Cyrillic spelling сала́ма)

  1. salami
Declension
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Further reading

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  • salama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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salama (Cyrillic spelling салама)

  1. dative/locative/instrumental plural of sala

Swahili

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Etymology

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From the Arabic root س ل م (s l m), most likely سَلَامَة (salāma).

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Adjective

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salama (invariable)

  1. safe, secure

Adverb

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salama

  1. safely, securely

Derived terms

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Interjection

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salama

  1. A greeting.