huma

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See also: húmá, humà, humă, and hǔmā

Bakumpai

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

huma

  1. house

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hu‧ma
  • IPA(key): /huˈmaʔ/

Noun

humâ

  1. threat; menace
    Synonyms: kastor, patakot

Derived terms

French

Etymology 1

Verb

huma

  1. third-person singular past historic of humer

Etymology 2

Clipping of humanité.

Noun

huma f (plural humas)

  1. humanity

Indonesian

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Etymology

Inherited from Malay huma (dry or hill rice field; newly cleared land).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huma/
  • Rhymes: -ma
  • Hyphenation: hu‧ma

Noun

huma (plural huma-huma)

  1. (agriculture) dry or hill rice field
  2. newly cleared land

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

humā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of humō

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *huma, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (swidden).

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay (huma).

Pronunciation

Noun

huma (Jawi spelling هوما, plural huma-huma, informal 1st possessive humaku, 2nd possessive humamu, 3rd possessive humanya)

  1. dry or hill rice field
  2. newly cleared land

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: huma

References

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic هُمْ (hum). Compare Moroccan Arabic هوما (hūma), Egyptian Arabic هما (humma).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

huma

  1. they (third-person plural subject pronoun)

Inflection

    Inflected forms of huma
positive huma
negative mhumiex
possessive pronoun tagħhom
basic suffix -hom
direct object suffix -hom
indirect object suffix -lhom

Ngaju

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq.

Noun

huma

  1. house

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈhuma/

Verb

huma

  1. inflection of hupmat:
    1. present indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular imperative
    3. imperative connegative

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Spanish humo.

Noun

huma

  1. smoke

Portuguese

Article

huma

  1. Obsolete spelling of uma.

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

huma f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of humă

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈuma/
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: hu‧ma

Etymology 1

Noun

huma f (plural humas)

  1. (Chile) tamale
    Synonyms: humita, tamal

Etymology 2

Verb

huma

  1. inflection of humar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Sundanese

Romanization

huma

  1. Romanization of ᮠᮥᮙ

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

humá (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜋ)

  1. response to a surprising or unexpected comment from someone

Derived terms

See also

Anagrams

Tswana

Verb

huma

  1. to become rich

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *quma (clearing, swidden), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah.

Pronunciation

Noun

huma

  1. garden

Further reading