Talk:アラマ

RFD discussion: June–July 2020
Fake pop science. Should just be, from +. —Suzukaze-c◇◇ 07:04, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * If the katakana spelling is attestable, it should be kept, even if the etymology is mistaken. Send to RFV. —Mahāgaja · talk 08:56, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Attestable, perhaps, but 1) as the Japanese term for, and 2) the supposed interjection is SOP, as Suzukaze-c notes above. The Malaysian angle is pure hogwash.  I'd be happier nuking our current entry and re-adding from scratch.  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 17:33, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Also, FWIW, this same word pair came up recently over at the Japanese Stack Exchange, in a thread entitled Is あらまあ linked to Malay “alamak”, and which came first?. In that thread, I pointed out the etymology of the Malay term as listed here in our entry at, and the unlikeliness of any cognacy between  and  (of which the term listed here, アラマ, is purported to be an alternative form).  ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 20:54, 1 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Delete. Fake etymology. Don't confuse long and short vowels in Japanese. Long syrable まあ is never spelled as short マ. Any dictionaries don't record the interjection lemmatized as アラマ.--荒巻モロゾフ (talk) 07:25, 9 June 2020 (UTC)
 * RFD-deleted. If it really has some other meanings, it should be recreated with those. &mdash; surjection &lang;??&rang; 23:18, 20 July 2020 (UTC)