kuum

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Afar

Afar numbers (edit)
 ←  1  ←  100 1,000 1,000,000 (106)  →  1,000,000,000 (109)  → 
    Cardinal: álfi, (obsolete) kúum

Etymology

Related to Iraqw kuma, Somali kún, Oromo kuma and Saho koba.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuːm/,
  • Hyphenation: kuum

Noun

kúum m 

  1. myriad, billions
  2. (obsolete) thousand

Declension

Declension of kúum
absolutive kúum
predicative kúumu
subjective kúum
genitive kúum
Postpositioned forms
l-case kúumul
k-case kúumuk
t-case kúumut
h-case kúumuh

Synonyms

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kùum”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 77
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis), page 197

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kuuma.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kuum (genitive kuuma, partitive kuuma, comparative kuumem, superlative kõige kuumem)

  1. hot

Declension

Declension of kuum (ÕS type 22i/külm, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kuum kuumad
accusative nom.
gen. kuuma
genitive kuumade
partitive kuuma kuumi
kuumasid
illative kuuma
kuumasse
kuumadesse
kuumisse
inessive kuumas kuumades
kuumis
elative kuumast kuumadest
kuumist
allative kuumale kuumadele
kuumile
adessive kuumal kuumadel
kuumil
ablative kuumalt kuumadelt
kuumilt
translative kuumaks kuumadeks
kuumiks
terminative kuumani kuumadeni
essive kuumana kuumadena
abessive kuumata kuumadeta
comitative kuumaga kuumadega