On his general map (1932, back cover) he places Lok-noma almost at Middletown in Northern Wappo territory and Lakah-yomi just to the north in the realm of the Lake Miwok.
Señor José Noma is a clever, entertaining person, and one thing about him I am not likely to forget.
An odd dinner it is; but Señor Noma makes a most courteous host, and the dishes are certainly rare and interesting--generally peppery beyond words to describe and most of them liberally seasoned with garlic.
Mrs. Steele and Señor Noma call us from the corner of the Plaza as we approach.
Señor Nomameets me at the foot of the dining-room stairs.
I laugh and chat with Señor Noma and the rough old Captain, till Mrs. Steele leans over and gives me a look of surprise.
Señor Noma engages the largest of these boats and invites as many as it will hold to go ashore with him.
Ljudwardja is en ny thorp, binna thene ringdik fon ther burch Ljudgarda, hwerfon tha noma an vner kvmen is.
Hedon svme seliga ekkorum frjundskip sworen, alsa leton hja alra mannalik to manlik orum kvma, mith grate stat leton hja than hjara noma in en bok skriva, thrvch hjam that bok thera frjundskip heten, after dam warth ferst halden.
Tha Askar mende that-er thu honda rum hede, let-i tha Magjara vnder allerleja noma thrvch ovir sina stata fara and buta Grenega and buta mina stat ne wrdon hja narne navt ne werath.
Men thi wanwisa falxa manna, tham hjara selva godis skalka jeftha prestera noma leta, buerath and samnath and gethath aldam to fara drochtne ther er navt ne send, vmbet selva to bihaldande.
Is ther amman alsa arg that-er sjvcht-siak fja jeftha vrderen wer vrsellath vr hel god, sa mot thene mark-rjuchtar him wera and tha famna him noma invr-et elle land.
Of late Noma had haunted the shadow of this tree, for beneath it lay that child which had been born to her.
Noma with a laugh of triumph; and at her command he was half-dragged and half-carried across the open space and thrust violently over a stone wall into the camp of Hafela.
Weary as she was, Noma followed the old spoor backwards.
The lady Noma is the only child of my blood-brother, my friend, with whom I was brought up, he who was slain at my side in the great war with the tribes of the north.
Now again the horn blew, and in the bright moonlight the slight figure of Noma could be seen advancing towards the stone.
Noma answered thus with passion, but her eyes shone as she spoke: for those who have once tasted the cup of magic are ever drawn to drink of it again, even when they fear the draught.
There are some wives who would not find that so great an evil," replied Noma mockingly, as she rose to do his bidding.
Presently there was a stir, and from the gates of the royal house the Lady Noma appeared, attended by women, and stood before the king.
In the accompanying illustration, Noma has arrived at the spot where the shipwrecked seaman had been cast, just in time to restore suspended animation, and to protect him from plunder.
Then the headman grew angry and demanded back his gifts; but Noma would not give up that which he once had held, and hot words passed.
I was frightened, for Noma dead and in the dark was worse thanNoma alive.
My hut, I thought, would be empty, for nobody sleeps there except myself, and the huts of Noma were some paces away to the right.
As it chanced, a rich man of a neighbouring tribe had lost some cattle, and came with gifts to Noma praying him to smell them out.
The headman said that he would kill Noma; Noma said that he would bewitch the headman.
Noma tried and could not find them; his vision failed him.
The skull of Noma met my kerrie, and down he fell dead at my feet.
Now the daylight came quickly, and the sun had been up an hour when I reached the spot where I must turn if I wished to hide the cattle in the secret place, as Noma had bid me.
No; I would drive them straight to the kraal, and denounce Noma before the chief, my father, and all the people.
I went to the corner of my hut, Noma watching me all the while, and took a kerrie and my small shield.
No, I would go on to the kraal with them, and tell all men that Noma was a thief.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "noma" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: caries; gangrene; mortification; necrosis; slough
