chama

(Engels)

chamar

  1. (transitive) to call; to summon (to ask someone to come)
  2. (transitive) to call, to name (to use as the name of)
  3. (derogatory, transitive) to call, to label
  4. (pronominal, transitive) to be called (to have a specific name)

Frequentie

A2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ˈʃɐ̃.mɐ/
Etymologie (Engels)

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese chama, from Latin flamma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlē- (“to shimmer, gleam, shine”). Cognate with Galician chama, and Spanish llama. Doublet of flama.

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