loma

From λῶμα (lôma, “fringe, hem”).

loma

1. (zoology) A lobe, flap or fringe bordering the toe of a bird.

From Spanish loma (“hill”).

loma (plural lomas)

1. singular of lomas
   • 1976, Frédéric André Engel, An Ancient World Preserved: Relics and Records of Prehistory in the Andes, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN:

     In the central Andes, such villages are generally associated with a loma, a fog oasis or well - delimited zone in which specific topographical , weather, and soil conditions prevail because fogs from the ocean condense water there. […] The human settlement extended over some 10 km on the slopes of the lower ridges of the Andes, all along the lower section of a fog oasis, with ponds and marshes still alive between the loma and the beach.

   • 2020, Jörg S. Pfadenhauer, Frank A. Klötzli, Global Vegetation: Fundamentals, Ecology and Distribution, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 385:

     Apart from the loma, there is contracted vegetation […]

• AMLO, loam, LMAO, malo, mola, lmao, MOAL, Malo

loma

1. inside (of a thing)

From Proto-Finnic *loma (“gap”), from Proto-Finno-Permic *loma (“gap”). Cognates include Lule Sami loabme, Erzya лув (luv) and Eastern Mari ло (lo).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlomɑ/, [ˈlo̞mɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -omɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): lo‧ma

loma

1. holiday, vacation, furlough (leave of absence)
2. gap, opening

• “loma”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

loma

1. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural of lom

loma

1. present subjunctive analytic of lom

loma f (4th declension)

1. (theater, cinematography) role, part, character

   spēlēt lomu ― to play a part/role

   lomas teksts ― part text, lines

   mācīties lomu no galvas ― to learn the part/lines by heart

   tēlot galveno lomu ― to play the lead role

   loma bez vārdiem ― part without words, walk-on part

   sadalīt lomas ― to cast roles

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔma/

loma

1. inflection of lom:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative dual

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

loma

1. to bite

loma

1. hill

• roma

Inherited from Sanskrit लोमन् (lóman), a variant of रोमन् (róman). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀫 (loma).

loma n

1. hair (of the body)

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “loma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 589

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

loma

1. to bite

From lomo (“back (the rear of body)”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈloma/ [ˈlo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: lo‧ma

loma f (plural lomas)

1. (geography) a long hill or mountain

   Synonyms: cerro, colina

2. (geography) a low hill
3. suburb

• montaña
• monte

• “loma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• lamo
• malo
• mola

loma

1. Romanization of ᮜᮧᮙ

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

loma

1. to bite