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Tamil
Etymology
According to the Tamil Lexicon, probably a contraction of சுகமாக (cukamāka), from சுகம் (cukam, “comfort”, from Sanskrit सुख (sukha)). Cognate with Kannada ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ (summane) and Malayalam ചുമ്മാ (cummā). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
Adverb
சும்மா • (cummā)
- leisurely (without occupation or work)
1990, Ilayaraja, “சும்மா நீ”, in Periya Veetu Pannakkaran (soundtrack):சும்மா நீ சுத்தாதே / சொன்னாலே தட்டாதே- cummā nī cuttātē / coṉṉālē taṭṭātē
- I am leisurely going around you / knocking when you say
- in normal condition, in health
- silently, quietly
- (focus) without any reason, simply, purposelessly
- uselessly
- vaguely, unintentionally, at random
- as a joke
- (colloquial) gratuitously
- freely, unhesitatingly, unceremoniously
2013, Anirudh Ravichander, “Chennai City Gangsta”, in Vanakkam Chennai (soundtrack):உங்க ஊரு சப்பாத்தி குருமா / எங்க ஊரு இட்லி போல வருமா / நாங்க சென்னை city boys-ஸு / சும்மா கம்முன்னு கெடமா- uṅka ūru cappātti kurumā / eṅka ūru iṭli pōla varumā / nāṅka ceṉṉai city boys-su / cummā kammuṉṉu keṭamā
- You guys will have a chapati with kurma / we will get idli / we are Chennai city boys / sit down quietly and unceremoniously
- continuously, repeatedly
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