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Ainu
Pronunciation
Noun
numa (Kana spelling ヌマ, possessed form numaha)
- (anatomy) body hair, fur
See also
References
- John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language), Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 298
Japanese
Romanization
numa
- Rōmaji transcription of ぬま
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch nu maar, nu means “now” and maar means “just”.
Adverb
numa
- but
- only
- just
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Contraction
numa f sg
- Contraction of em uma (“in a (feminine)”): feminine singular of num
- 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:
É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.- It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.
Romanian
Adverb
numa
- (nonstandard) alternative typography of numa’