porma

formatnoun

Alternative meanings

format
form
structure or way something is presented
shape or mold, depending on context

Pronunciation

POR-mah

Root and affixes

porma = form, figure, or mold; pagporma = formation or act of shaping

Variants or conjugations

pagporma = formation
pormat = format, modern technical variant in some contexts
format = English form used in technology

Related words and expressions

dagway = appearance or aspect
estruktura = structure
sistema = system
dokumento = document

Meaning and usage notes

Porma is the common base for form or structure. In computing or documents, pormat or format may also appear as a modern loanword for format.