kokama
kokama noun: a gemsbok.
Noun (1)
kokama (plural kokamas)
- A gemsbok.
- I have heard that the Matabili have no name for this animal; but the Bechuana term is "Kokama."1876, The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London, page 289
- The Oryx capensis of South Africa, or Gemsbok of the Dutch colonists, Kokama of the Bechuanas, is even more striking in its coloring.1888, John Sterling Kingsley, Mammals, page 326
- A mangosteen.
- Kokama or amsul is the pulp of the fruit cleared of the seeds and dried in the sun and slightly salted. It is of a black colour and an oval shape. The epidermis is wrinkled. At the base of kokama the calyx and the remainder of the stalk are often seen.1903, Rustomjee Naserwanjee Khory, Nanabhai Navrosji Katrak, Materia medica of India and their therapeutics, page 80
- Kokum, Ratdmbi, the fruit kokama, amasula, brinddo, Bom. ; Brindao, Goa.1883, Sir George Watt, Economic Products of India Exhibited at the Calcutta International Exhibition, 1883-84
- A variety of corn with purple kernels cultivated by the Hopi.
- Contrast of first and most recent regenerations of USDA Hopi kokoma and blue maize varieties conserved ex situ.1999, Virginia D. Nazarea, Ethnoecology: Situated Knowledge/located Lives, →ISBN, page 140
- In addition, black (or purple) corn, known as kokoma, or Masau'u's corn, symbolically representing the direction of Above, is planted in May for the fall havest.2011, Gary A. David, The Kivas of Heaven: Ancient Hopi Starlore, →ISBN
- A variety of grass Rottboellia cochinchinensis.
- Kokoma or guinea grass (Rottboelia exaltata) is a heavy cropping plant which makes good silage.1954, Stephen John Watson, Abstracts on the Conservation of Grass and Other Forage Crops Up to 1939
- However, 10 of the 18 places are filled by grass species: 2 Cynodon dactylon (couch grass), 2 Echinochloa crus-galli (barnyard grass), 4 Echinochloa colona (awnless barnyard grass(, 5 Eleusine indica (crowsfoot grass), 6 Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass(, 7 Imperata cylindricata (blady grass), 11...2001, Charles A. Lamp, Stephen J. Forbes, J. W. Cade, Grasses of Temperate Australia: A Field Guide, page 17
Proper noun capitalized: Kokama
Kokama
- Alternative form of Cocama.
- Therefore, the Kokama languages, including Kokama, Kokamilla, Omagua, and probably others, would be representatives of the riverine Arawaks who controlled much of the Amazon main branch.2006, Jonathan David Hill, Fernando Santos-Granero, Comparative Arawakan Histories, →ISBN
- According to Cabral (1995), the origin of Kokama must go back to the late pre-Columbian periuod, when a group of Tupinambá speakers migrated in the late 15th century from the Atlantic coast inland to the upper Amazon, and came in contact with speakers of one or more other languages, possibly...2012, Lyle Campbell, Verónica Grondona, The Indigenous Languages of South America, →ISBN
Noun (2) capitalized: Kokama
Kokama (plural Kokamas or Kocama)
- Alternative form of Cocama.
- The Kokamas looked disturbed when they arrived in Shoshone.1949, James Minoru Sakoda, Minidoka, page 354
- Simultaneously, the Kokama Indians of the lower Ucayali region began to emigrate to the Brazilian Solim5es, where they established themselves among the Tukuna, though in separate localities.1952, Curt Nimuendajú, The Tukuna - Volumes 45-46, page 9
Forms of kokama
| plural | kokamas |
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| plural | Kokamas |
| plural | Kocama |
Questions about kokama
- What does kokama mean?
- Kokama means a gemsbok.
- What part of speech is kokama?
- Kokama can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of kokama?
- The plural of kokama is kokamas.
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