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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese オカマ (okama).
Noun
[edit]okama (plural okama)
- A gay man, in the context of Japanese culture, especially one who is effeminate or cross-dresses.
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]okama (plural okamek)
- A Native American leader
Garo
[edit]Verb
[edit]okama
- To call
- Skigipa chatrorangko classona okama.
- The teacher calls the students to class.
Conjugation
[edit]Tense inflections for okama (see Appendix:Garo verbs)
| Declarative | Interrogative | Potential | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | "not yet" | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | ||
| Present | Simple | okama | okamja | okamkuja | okamama | okamjama | okamakon | okamjakon |
| Continuous | okamenga | okamjaenga | okamkujaenga | okamengama | okamjaengama | okamaengakon | okamjaengakon | |
| Past | okamaha | okamjaha | okamkujaha | okamahama | okamjahama | okamahakon | okamjahakon | |
| Future | okamgen, okamnoa1 | okamjawa | okamkujawa | okamgenma, okamnoama1 | okamjawama | okamgenkon, okamnoakon1 | okamjawakon | |
| "probably" | okamnabaginang | okamjanabaginang | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Intentional | okamnajok | okamjanajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Change of state | Non-past | okamjok | okamjajok | – | – | – | – | – |
| Past | okamahajok | okamjahajok | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Imperative | Second person | okambo | okamnabe | – | – | – | – | – |
| Third person | okamkan, okamkana | okamjakan, okamjakana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Formal imperative | okambone | okamnabene | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Infinitive | okamna | okamjana | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 1Dialectal. | ||||||||
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]okama
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Noun
[edit]okama
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