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Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Arabic جُمْعَة (jumʕa).

Noun

cuma

  1. Friday

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin commāter.

Noun

cuma

  1. godmother

References

  • Bartoli, Matteo (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Rome: Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

Galician

Noun

cuma f (feminine plural cumas, masculine cum, masculine plural cuns)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of cunha

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay cuma, from Tamil சும்மா (cummā, lazily, idly, leisurely; just for fun, without any reason, just because).

Pronunciation

Adverb

cuma

  1. only, merely
    Synonyms: hanya, saja
  2. (colloquial) but
    Synonym: tapi

Derived terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чума (čuma).

Pronunciation

Noun

cuma

  1. plague (disease)
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. I. Molotsova, Loonnontiito (ensimäin osa): oppikirja alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 90:
      Miljonija väkkiä kooli ruikon, halerin, cuman epidemian aikaan.
      Millions of people died during the time of the epidemic of pox, cholera, the plague.

Declension

Declension of cuma (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative cuma cumat
genitive cuman cummiin
partitive cummaa cummia
illative cummaa cummii
inessive cumas cumis
elative cumast cumist
allative cumalle cumille
adessive cumal cumil
ablative cumalt cumilt
translative cumaks cumiks
essive cumanna, cummaan cuminna, cummiin
exessive1) cumant cumint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Celtic *kombeyom.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuma f (genitive singular cuma, nominative plural cumaí)

  1. shape, form; appearance, look, effect

Declension

Declension of cuma (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cuma cumaí
vocative a chuma a chumaí
genitive cuma cumaí
dative cuma cumaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chuma na cumaí
genitive na cuma na gcumaí
dative leis an gcuma
don chuma
leis na cumaí

Derived terms

Adjective

cuma

  1. equal, the same; unimportant

Derived terms

  • ar nós cuma/chuma liom (indifferent)
  • is cuma (it doesn't matter)
    • is cuma liom (it is all the same to me; I don't care)
    • is cuma duit (it doesn’t matter to you; it is none of your business)
  • nach cuma? (so what?)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuma
radical lenition eclipsis
cuma chuma gcuma

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cummae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 65, page 34
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch , Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 160
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

Further reading

Kanakanabu

Noun

cuma

  1. father

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Swahili chuma.

Pronunciation

This u is pronounced long.
As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

Noun

cuma class 9 (plural macuma) or cuma class 9/10 (plural cuma)

  1. iron, steel

Derived terms

(Nouns)

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 “cuma” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary, p. 74. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Tamil சும்மா (cummā).

Adverb

cuma (Jawi spelling چوما)

  1. only, merely
Synonyms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

cuma (Jawi spelling چوما)

  1. vain, useless

Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “چوم tjoema”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, pages 2, 7
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “چوم choma”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 273
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “chuma”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 240

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kumô, equivalent to cuman +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuma m

  1. guest
    • c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
      Fēower and fīftiġ. Be cumena andfenġe.
      54. On the receiving of guests.
    • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.
      We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.
  2. stranger
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:35
      Iċ wæs cuma and ġē mē inn laðodon.
      I was a stranger and you invited me in.

Declension

Weak:

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German zoum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡su.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: cu‧ma

Noun

cuma f

  1. (nautical) hawser (mooring rope)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cu‧ma

Contraction

cuma f sg

  1. (Portugal, informal) contraction of com uma (with a (feminine)): feminine of cum
    Tou cuma fome!
    I'm so hungry!
    (literally, “I'm with a hunger!”)

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuma/
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: cu‧ma

Noun

cuma m (plural cumas)

  1. (slang, Chile) rascal, common, vulgar person
    Synonyms: flaite, chulo, ordinario, rasca, punga

Further reading

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay cuma, from Tamil சும்மா (cummā).

Adverb

cuma

  1. only, merely

Synonyms

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish جُمْعَه (cüma, Friday), from Classical Persian جُمْعَه (jum'a, Friday), from Arabic الْجُمْعَةُ f (al-jumʕatu, Friday).

Compare also Azerbaijani cümə, Uzbek juma, Kazakh жұма (jūma), etc.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒu.mɑː/,
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cu‧ma

Noun

cuma (definite accusative cumayı, plural cumalar)

  1. Friday

Declension

Declension of cuma
singular plural
nominative cuma cumalar
definite accusative cumayı cumaları
dative cumaya cumalara
locative cumada cumalarda
ablative cumadan cumalardan
genitive cumanın cumaların

See also

Days of the week in Turkish · haftanın günleri (layout · text)
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