Oma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oma"

English

Map including Oma (Wu-ma) (DMA, 1980)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Tibetan འོ་མ ('o ma)bor.

English Oma

Borrowed from Tibetan འོ་མ ('o ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.mɑ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Oma

1. A township in Gêrzê County, Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
   • [1994, Victor Chan, Tibet Handbook‎^[1], Moon Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 948:

     Reach Wuma (Öma) in 3-4 hr (90 km) from Gerze.]

   • 2011 March, Zhansheng Ji, J.-X. Yao, Guichun Wu, “Discovery of the Late Jurassic coral fauna in the Tukari Formation at northern Oma Village, Gêrzê County, Tibet, China and its geological significances”, in Research Gate‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 February 2021:

     About 33 genus 47 species corals were discovered in the so-called "Xiala Formation(Ft)" in north of Oma Village, Gêrzê County, Tibet.

   • [2019, Tibet (Lonely Planet)‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page [4]:

     Around Oma-chu, a small village huddled beneath a small rocky splinter, 54km from Gertse, keep your eyes open for the round, tomblike buildings that are actually tsampa (roasted-barley flour) storage bins.]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Oma.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Wuma, Wu-ma

Translations

township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 物瑪 / 物玛 (Wùmǎ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Marathi: ओमा (omā)
• Tibetan: འོ་མ ('o ma)

Etymology 2

Coined as a feminine equivalent of Omar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoʊ.mə/

Proper noun

Oma

1. A town in Iron County, Wisconsin, United States.
   • 2022 June 24, “Governor Evers approves US 51 improvement project in Iron County”, in Wisconsin Department of Transportation‎^[5], archived from the original on 07 September 2022‎^[6]:

     To invest in Wisconsin's transportation system, Governor Evers signed a $1.39 million contract with prime contractor Northwoods Paving of Ashland to improve US 51 in Iron County between County C in the town of Oma to Iron Street in Hurley. Work began on Monday, June 20.

2. A female given name

Anagrams

• MoA, Amo., MAO, moa, MOA, Amo, AMO, mao, AOM, Mao

German

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch oma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːma/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɔma/ (chiefly western German)

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Oma f (genitive Oma or (prenominal without an article) Omas, plural Omas)

1. grandma, granny, nan
2. any elderly woman

Usage notes

• The word is commonly used with a definite article in most parts of central Germany, southern Germany, and Austria: Wo ist die Oma? – “Where is Grandma?” In northern Germany—and generally in writing—no article tends to be used: Wo ist Oma?

Declension

Declension of Oma [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Oma	die	Omas
genitive	einer	der	Oma, Omas1	der	Omas
dative	einer	der	Oma	den	Omas
accusative	eine	die	Oma	die	Omas

¹Prenominal without an article.

Synonyms

• Altmutter
• Großmama
• Großmutter

Antonyms

• Opa (Altvater, Großpapa, Großvater, Opi)
• Enkelin

Derived terms

• Omi (affectionate)
• Uroma

Descendants

• → Kashubian: óma (dated)
• → Silesian: ōma, ůma (Steuer's Silesian Alphabet)

Further reading

• “Oma” in Duden online
• “Oma”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[7] (in German)
• “Oma” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon