kuma

kuma

1. (intransitive) to speak

kuma

1. word, that which is spoken

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

kuma inan

1. A cradle.

• sehaska

kúmá (West), kūmà (East)

1. meat

   kúm dì (West), kūm dī (East) : only the meat (showing regular deletion of the -a when another syllable follows)

• Jean Pierre Caprile: Études phonologiques tchadiennes

From Portuguese como.

kuma

1. that
2. what
3. how

kuma

1. water

• Karen Davis, A grammar of the Hoava language, Western Solomons (2003), page 36

From Old Norse koma (“to come”), from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”).

• (Åre) IPA^(key): [²kʰoˑmuᵝ]
• (Mattmar, Näskott) IPA^(key): [²kʰɔːmɔ]
• (Hackås, Hallen, Håsjö, Häggenås, Hällesjö, Marieby, Revsund, Rätan) IPA^(key): [²kʰuᵝmːa]
• (Rödön) IPA^(key): [²kʰuᵝmːæ]
• (Hammerdal) IPA^(key): [²kʰɔmːa]
• (Berg) IPA^(key): [²kʰɶmːa]
• (Ragunda) IPA^(key): [²kʰuᵝma], [²kʰuᵝmːa]^[1]
• (Fors) IPA^(key): [²kʰʊma]

kuma

1. to come

• Bucht, Torsten. 1924. Äldre u ock o i kort stavelse i mellersta Norrland. pp. 81-82.
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kuma

1. Rōmaji transcription of くま

kuma

1. another

   kumarta ― different, distinct, separate

   kumartappendi ― to separate

kuma

1. one

   kuma partirrka ― one hundred

   kuma uwata ― one thousand

   kumiwurru ― one million

   kumanti ― only one, just one

   kumangka ― to be one; together

   kuma kumangka ― one after the other

   kumarluku ― once

   kumarlukunti ― only once

   kumapurtu ― all at once

• Warra Kaurna Yalaka, ed. Rob Amery. November 2017

kuma

1. to arrive

kuma

1. germ

kuma

1. ear

• Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6

kuma

1. Alternative spelling of kouma

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *kum-. Compare Hadiyya kúma, Sidamo kúme and Somali kun.

kuma

1. thousand

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: ku‧ma

From kum +‎ -a.

kuma f (male equivalent kum)

1. female equivalent of kum (“godmother”)
2. (colloquial) neighbor, neighbour
3. (colloquial) friend

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuma m pers

1. genitive/accusative singular of kum

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kuma

1. third-person singular present of kumać

• kuma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kuma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

kuma

1. woman

• Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 29

kuma f (Cyrillic spelling кума)

1. godmother
2. goodwife, gossip

• Audio (Kenya):

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kuma (n class, plural kuma)

1. vulva
2. (vulgar) vagina, cunt

kuma

1. the crowds
2. the Shrine of Taivoan in some Taivoan communities.
3. younger brother

kuma

1. many (people)

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قومه (kuma), itself from Proto-Turkic *koma.

kuma (definite accusative kumayı, plural kumalar)

1. a woman who lives with a married man (and the rest of his family), concubine

Inflection
Nominative	kuma
Definite accusative	kumayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kuma	kumalar
Definite accusative	kumayı	kumaları
Dative	kumaya	kumalara
Locative	kumada	kumalarda
Ablative	kumadan	kumalardan
Genitive	kumanın	kumaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kumam kumalarım 2nd singular kuman kumaların 3rd singular kuması kumaları 1st plural kumamız kumalarımız 2nd plural kumanız kumalarınız 3rd plural kumaları kumaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kumamı kumalarımı 2nd singular kumanı kumalarını 3rd singular kumasını kumalarını 1st plural kumamızı kumalarımızı 2nd plural kumanızı kumalarınızı 3rd plural kumalarını kumalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kumama kumalarıma 2nd singular kumana kumalarına 3rd singular kumasına kumalarına 1st plural kumamıza kumalarımıza 2nd plural kumanıza kumalarınıza 3rd plural kumalarına kumalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kumamda kumalarımda 2nd singular kumanda kumalarında 3rd singular kumasında kumalarında 1st plural kumamızda kumalarımızda 2nd plural kumanızda kumalarınızda 3rd plural kumalarında kumalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kumamdan kumalarımdan 2nd singular kumandan kumalarından 3rd singular kumasından kumalarından 1st plural kumamızdan kumalarımızdan 2nd plural kumanızdan kumalarınızdan 3rd plural kumalarından kumalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kumamın kumalarımın 2nd singular kumanın kumalarının 3rd singular kumasının kumalarının 1st plural kumamızın kumalarımızın 2nd plural kumanızın kumalarınızın 3rd plural kumalarının kumalarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kumayım kumalarım 2nd singular kumasın kumalarsın 3rd singular kuma kumadır kumalar kumalardır 1st plural kumayız kumalarız 2nd plural kumasınız kumalarsınız 3rd plural kumalar kumalardır

Variant orthographies

ALIV	kuma
Brazilian standard	kuma
New Tribes	cuma

From Proto-Cariban *kuma; compare Apalaí kuma, Kari'na kuma, Trió 'ma, Wayana kuna, Akawaio ï'ma.

• IPA^(key): [kuma]

kuma

1. (intransitive, of water) to flood, to overflow

• Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “chuumadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[1], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 387, 393: “chu:madü 'rising water, high water' […] chu:madü - rising river […] kuma:dü - to flood, overflow (lit. rising river)”