ܠܩܕܡܐ

ܠ- (l-, “to”) +‎ ܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ (qāmā, “front”).

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [lqaːma]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [lqaːma]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [laqɑːmɑː]

ܠܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ • (lqāmā)

1. ahead

   ܠܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܡܵܨܹܝܬ ܚܵܙܹܝܬ ܠܛܘܼܪ̈ܵܢܹܐ.

   lqāmā kē māṣēt ḥāzēt l-ṭūrānē.

   Ahead you can see the mountains.

   ܥܲܪܩܸܠ ܒܹܐܙܵܠܵܐ ܠܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܬܪܝܼܨܵܐܝܼܬ.

   ˁarqil bēzālā lqāmā trīṣāˀīt.

   Keep going straight ahead.

   ܒܟܠ ܡܠܘܿܐܵܐ ܓܲܘ ܡܲܕ݂ܪܲܫܬܵܐ، ܣܲܪܓܘܿܢ ܠܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܡܸܢܝܼ ܝܗ݇ܘܵܐ.

   b-kul mlōˀā gaw maḏraštā, sargōn lqāmā minī ìwā.

   In every subject at school, Sargon was ahead of me.

2. forward, onward

   ܐܲܦܬܸܠ ܠܹܗ ܙܘܼܠܚܸܙܘܵܐ ܠܩܵܕ݇ܡܵܐ ܒܚܲܕ݇ܟܡܵܐ ܟ̰ܗܵܪ̈ܟ̰ܘܼܒ݂ܹܐ.

   aptil lēh zulḥizwā lqāmā b-ḥakmā čhārčūḇē.

   Wind the film forward a few frames.

3. beforehand

• ܠܒܵܬ݇ܪܵܐ (lbārā)