puma
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma (plural pumas)
- A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
- (by extension) Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
- (slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
- 2011, Donna McDonald, Dating A Cougar, →ISBN:
- “Younger can be good. How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites. “I don't know,” Alexa said frowning. “Why does that matter?” “Less than eight years makes you a Puma. Over eight years makes you a Cougar,” Regina said wisely, grinning as Lauren nodded excitedly in agreement.
Translations
Puma concolor — see cougar
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Classical Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma m (plural pumes)
Further reading
- “puma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Classical Quechua
Noun
puma
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
puma f (related adjective pumí)
Declension
Noun
puma f (related adjective pumový)
Declension
Further reading
- puma in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- puma in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Noun
puma c (singular definite pumaen, plural indefinite pumaer)
Declension
Declension of puma
References
- “puma” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from German Puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma f (genitive singular pumu, plural pumur)
Declension
| Declension of puma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f1 | singular | plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | puma | puman | pumur | pumurnar |
| accusative | pumu | pumuna | pumur | pumurnar |
| dative | pumu | pumuni | pumum | pumunum |
| genitive | pumu | pumunnar | puma | pumanna |
See also
puma on the Faroese Wikipedia.Wikipedia fo
French
Etymology
From Quechuan.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma m (plural pumas)
- puma (mammal)
Further reading
- “puma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechuan.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma (plural pumák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | puma | pumák |
| accusative | pumát | pumákat |
| dative | pumának | pumáknak |
| instrumental | pumával | pumákkal |
| causal-final | pumáért | pumákért |
| translative | pumává | pumákká |
| terminative | pumáig | pumákig |
| essive-formal | pumaként | pumákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | pumában | pumákban |
| superessive | pumán | pumákon |
| adessive | pumánál | pumáknál |
| illative | pumába | pumákba |
| sublative | pumára | pumákra |
| allative | pumához | pumákhoz |
| elative | pumából | pumákból |
| delative | pumáról | pumákról |
| ablative | pumától | pumáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
pumáé | pumáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
pumáéi | pumákéi |
| Possessive forms of puma | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | pumám | pumáim |
| 2nd person sing. | pumád | pumáid |
| 3rd person sing. | pumája | pumái |
| 1st person plural | pumánk | pumáink |
| 2nd person plural | pumátok | pumáitok |
| 3rd person plural | pumájuk | pumáik |
Italian
Pronunciation
Noun
puma m (invariable)
Malay
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English puma, from Quechuan puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma (Jawi spelling ڤوما, plural puma-puma)
- puma (mountain lion); cougar (Puma concolor)
Synonyms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Noun
puma m (definite singular pumaen, indefinite plural pumaer, definite plural pumaene)
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Noun
puma m (definite singular pumaen, indefinite plural pumaer or pumaar, definite plural pumaene or pumaane)
References
- “puma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma f
Declension
Declension of puma
Further reading
- puma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- puma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧ma
Noun
puma m or (nonstandard) f (plural pumas)
- puma; cougar; mountain lion (Puma concolor, a large feline of the Americas)
- Synonyms: onça-parda, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha
References
- ^ “puma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- ^ “puma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Quechua
Noun
puma
- puma; cougar; mountain lion (Puma concolor, a large feline of the Americas)
Declension
declension of puma
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puma | pumakuna |
| accusative | pumata | pumakunata |
| dative | pumaman | pumakunaman |
| genitive | pumap | pumakunap |
| locative | pumapi | pumakunapi |
| terminative | pumakama | pumakunakama |
| ablative | pumamanta | pumakunamanta |
| instrumental | pumawan | pumakunawan |
| comitative | pumantin | pumakunantin |
| abessive | pumannaq | pumakunannaq |
| comparative | pumahina | pumakunahina |
| causative | pumarayku | pumakunarayku |
| benefactive | pumapaq | pumakunapaq |
| associative | pumapura | pumakunapura |
| distributive | pumanka | pumakunanka |
| exclusive | pumalla | pumakunalla |
possessive forms of puma
ñuqap - first-person singular
| ñuqap (my) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pumay | pumaykuna |
| accusative | pumayta | pumaykunata |
| dative | pumayman | pumaykunaman |
| genitive | pumaypa | pumaykunap |
| locative | pumaypi | pumaykunapi |
| terminative | pumaykama | pumaykunakama |
| ablative | pumaymanta | pumaykunamanta |
| instrumental | pumaywan | pumaykunawan |
| comitative | pumaynintin | pumaykunantin |
| abessive | pumayninnaq | pumaykunannaq |
| comparative | pumayhina | pumaykunahina |
| causative | pumayrayku | pumaykunarayku |
| benefactive | pumaypaq | pumaykunapaq |
| associative | pumaypura | pumaykunapura |
| distributive | pumayninka | pumaykunanka |
| exclusive | pumaylla | pumaykunalla |
qampa - second-person singular
| qampa (your) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pumayki | pumaykikuna |
| accusative | pumaykita | pumaykikunata |
| dative | pumaykiman | pumaykikunaman |
| genitive | pumaykipa | pumaykikunap |
| locative | pumaykipi | pumaykikunapi |
| terminative | pumaykikama | pumaykikunakama |
| ablative | pumaykimanta | pumaykikunamanta |
| instrumental | pumaykiwan | pumaykikunawan |
| comitative | pumaykintin | pumaykikunantin |
| abessive | pumaykinnaq | pumaykikunannaq |
| comparative | pumaykihina | pumaykikunahina |
| causative | pumaykirayku | pumaykikunarayku |
| benefactive | pumaykipaq | pumaykikunapaq |
| associative | pumaykipura | pumaykikunapura |
| distributive | pumaykinka | pumaykikunanka |
| exclusive | pumaykilla | pumaykikunalla |
paypa - third-person singular
| paypa (his/her/its) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | puman | pumankuna |
| accusative | pumanta | pumankunata |
| dative | pumanman | pumankunaman |
| genitive | pumanpa | pumankunap |
| locative | pumanpi | pumankunapi |
| terminative | pumankama | pumankunakama |
| ablative | pumanmanta | pumankunamanta |
| instrumental | pumanwan | pumankunawan |
| comitative | pumanintin | pumankunantin |
| abessive | pumanninnaq | pumankunannaq |
| comparative | pumanhina | pumankunahina |
| causative | pumanrayku | pumankunarayku |
| benefactive | pumanpaq | pumankunapaq |
| associative | pumanpura | pumankunapura |
| distributive | pumaninka | pumankunanka |
| exclusive | pumanlla | pumankunalla |
ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
| ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pumanchik | pumanchikkuna |
| accusative | pumanchikta | pumanchikkunata |
| dative | pumanchikman | pumanchikkunaman |
| genitive | pumanchikpa | pumanchikkunap |
| locative | pumanchikpi | pumanchikkunapi |
| terminative | pumanchikkama | pumanchikkunakama |
| ablative | pumanchikmanta | pumanchikkunamanta |
| instrumental | pumanchikwan | pumanchikkunawan |
| comitative | pumanchiknintin | pumanchikkunantin |
| abessive | pumanchikninnaq | pumanchikkunannaq |
| comparative | pumanchikhina | pumanchikkunahina |
| causative | pumanchikrayku | pumanchikkunarayku |
| benefactive | pumanchikpaq | pumanchikkunapaq |
| associative | pumanchikpura | pumanchikkunapura |
| distributive | pumanchikninka | pumanchikkunanka |
| exclusive | pumanchiklla | pumanchikkunalla |
ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
| ñuqaykup (our(excl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pumayku | pumaykukuna |
| accusative | pumaykuta | pumaykukunata |
| dative | pumaykuman | pumaykukunaman |
| genitive | pumaykupa | pumaykukunap |
| locative | pumaykupi | pumaykukunapi |
| terminative | pumaykukama | pumaykukunakama |
| ablative | pumaykumanta | pumaykukunamanta |
| instrumental | pumaykuwan | pumaykukunawan |
| comitative | pumaykuntin | pumaykukunantin |
| abessive | pumaykunnaq | pumaykukunannaq |
| comparative | pumaykuhina | pumaykukunahina |
| causative | pumaykurayku | pumaykukunarayku |
| benefactive | pumaykupaq | pumaykukunapaq |
| associative | pumaykupura | pumaykukunapura |
| distributive | pumaykunka | pumaykukunanka |
| exclusive | pumaykulla | pumaykukunalla |
qamkunap - second-person plural
| qamkunap (your(pl)) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pumaykichik | pumaykichikkuna |
| accusative | pumaykichikta | pumaykichikkunata |
| dative | pumaykichikman | pumaykichikkunaman |
| genitive | pumaykichikpa | pumaykichikkunap |
| locative | pumaykichikpi | pumaykichikkunapi |
| terminative | pumaykichikkama | pumaykichikkunakama |
| ablative | pumaykichikmanta | pumaykichikkunamanta |
| instrumental | pumaykichikwan | pumaykichikkunawan |
| comitative | pumaykichiknintin | pumaykichikkunantin |
| abessive | pumaykichikninnaq | pumaykichikkunannaq |
| comparative | pumaykichikhina | pumaykichikkunahina |
| causative | pumaykichikrayku | pumaykichikkunarayku |
| benefactive | pumaykichikpaq | pumaykichikkunapaq |
| associative | pumaykichikpura | pumaykichikkunapura |
| distributive | pumaykichikninka | pumaykichikkunanka |
| exclusive | pumaykichiklla | pumaykichikkunalla |
paykunap - third-person plural
| paykunap (their) | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | pumanku | pumankukuna |
| accusative | pumankuta | pumankukunata |
| dative | pumankuman | pumankukunaman |
| genitive | pumankupa | pumankukunap |
| locative | pumankupi | pumankukunapi |
| terminative | pumankukama | pumankukunakama |
| ablative | pumankumanta | pumankukunamanta |
| instrumental | pumankuwan | pumankukunawan |
| comitative | pumankuntin | pumankukunantin |
| abessive | pumankunnaq | pumankukunannaq |
| comparative | pumankuhina | pumankukunahina |
| causative | pumankurayku | pumankukunarayku |
| benefactive | pumankupaq | pumankukunapaq |
| associative | pumankupura | pumankukunapura |
| distributive | pumankunka | pumankukunanka |
| exclusive | pumankulla | pumankukunalla |
Derived terms
Descendants
descendants
- → English: puma
- → Estonian: puuma
- → Faroese: puma
- → Finnish: puuma
- → French: puma
- → German: Puma
- → Greek: πούμα (poúma)
- → Hungarian: puma
- → Icelandic: púma
- → Irish: púma
- → Italian: puma
- → Malay: puma
- → Polish: puma
- → Portuguese: puma
- → Romanian: pumă
- → Russian: пу́ма (púma)
- → Serbo-Croatian: pȕma / пу̏ма
- → Slovak: puma
- → Slovene: púma
- → Spanish: puma
- → Swedish: puma
- Translingual: Puma
References
- “puma” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
puma f (uncountable)
Declension
declension of puma (singular only)
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
pȕma f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ма)
Declension
Declension of puma
Sicilian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).
Noun
puma m
Descendants
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Noun
puma m
- cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)
Slovak
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.
Pronunciation
Noun
puma f (genitive singular pumy, nominative plural pumy, genitive plural púm, declension pattern of žena)
Declension
Declension of puma
See also
- puma on the Slovak Wikipedia.Wikipedia sk
Further reading
- “puma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Slovene
Pronunciation
Noun
púma f
Inflection
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| Feminine, a-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nom. sing. | púma | ||
| gen. sing. | púme | ||
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
púma | púmi | púme |
| genitive (rodȋlnik) |
púme | púm | púm |
| dative (dajȃlnik) |
púmi | púmama | púmam |
| accusative (tožȋlnik) |
púmo | púmi | púme |
| locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
púmi | púmah | púmah |
| instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
púmo | púmama | púmami |
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
puma m (plural pumas)
Further reading
- “puma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swazi
Verb
-puma
- to burst
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swedish
Noun
puma c
- a cougar (Puma concolor)
- (slang) a cougar; a woman who is attractive despite her age
Declension
| Declension of puma | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | puma | puman | pumor | pumorna |
| Genitive | pumas | pumans | pumors | pumornas |