| Part of Speech | noun |
| Phonetic Form | noma |
| Morphology | (?) noma ‘face, front part of (island)’ |
| Encyclopedic Info | Most cape names begin with the syllable Nom’, from noma. |
Example 1884:
Li-da noma re li-ka.They crossed the cape over there and came here.
Example 1885:
Nomlemlesu noma pine.Nomlemlesu is a major promontory.
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 1675:
Noma, nuduko, ero pe i-wene ne moboe voko ne noma.In the past, our mirrors were just water puddles in a stone hole on the reef.