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Basque

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish suma (sum).

Noun

suma inan

  1. (dated) amount, quantity
    Synonym: kopuru
Declension
Declension of suma (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive suma suma sumak
ergative sumak sumak sumek
dative sumari sumari sumei
genitive sumaren sumaren sumen
comitative sumarekin sumarekin sumekin
causative sumarengatik sumarengatik sumengatik
benefactive sumarentzat sumarentzat sumentzat
instrumental sumaz sumaz sumez
inessive sumatan suman sumetan
locative sumatako sumako sumetako
allative sumatara sumara sumetara
terminative sumataraino sumaraino sumetaraino
directive sumatarantz sumarantz sumetarantz
destinative sumatarako sumarako sumetarako
ablative sumatatik sumatik sumetatik
partitive sumarik
prolative sumatzat

Etymology 2

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Noun

suma inan

  1. smell (sense)
    Synonym: usaimen
Declension
Declension of suma (inanimate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive suma suma sumak
ergative sumak sumak sumek
dative sumari sumari sumei
genitive sumaren sumaren sumen
comitative sumarekin sumarekin sumekin
causative sumarengatik sumarengatik sumengatik
benefactive sumarentzat sumarentzat sumentzat
instrumental sumaz sumaz sumez
inessive sumatan suman sumetan
locative sumatako sumako sumetako
allative sumatara sumara sumetara
terminative sumataraino sumaraino sumetaraino
directive sumatarantz sumarantz sumetarantz
destinative sumatarako sumarako sumetarako
ablative sumatatik sumatik sumetatik
partitive sumarik
prolative sumatzat

Further reading

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

Noun

suma f (plural sumes)

  1. sum
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

suma

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

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Spanish suma, from Latin summa.

Verb

suma

  1. to reckon
  2. to tabulate

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adjective

suma

  1. according to

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sum(p)a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsumɑ/,
  • Rhymes: -umɑ
  • Syllabification(key): su‧ma
  • Hyphenation(key): su‧ma

Noun

suma

  1. logjam
    Synonym: jumi
  2. traffic jam
    Synonym: ruuhka
  3. (figuratively, in compounds) accumulation, bunch
    kolarisumapile-up

Declension

Inflection of suma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative suma sumat
genitive suman sumien
partitive sumaa sumia
illative sumaan sumiin
singular plural
nominative suma sumat
accusative nom. suma sumat
gen. suman
genitive suman sumien
sumain rare
partitive sumaa sumia
inessive sumassa sumissa
elative sumasta sumista
illative sumaan sumiin
adessive sumalla sumilla
ablative sumalta sumilta
allative sumalle sumille
essive sumana sumina
translative sumaksi sumiksi
abessive sumatta sumitta
instructive sumin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of suma (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sumani sumani
accusative nom. sumani sumani
gen. sumani
genitive sumani sumieni
sumaini rare
partitive sumaani sumiani
inessive sumassani sumissani
elative sumastani sumistani
illative sumaani sumiini
adessive sumallani sumillani
ablative sumaltani sumiltani
allative sumalleni sumilleni
essive sumanani suminani
translative sumakseni sumikseni
abessive sumattani sumittani
instructive
comitative sumineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative sumasi sumasi
accusative nom. sumasi sumasi
gen. sumasi
genitive sumasi sumiesi
sumaisi rare
partitive sumaasi sumiasi
inessive sumassasi sumissasi
elative sumastasi sumistasi
illative sumaasi sumiisi
adessive sumallasi sumillasi
ablative sumaltasi sumiltasi
allative sumallesi sumillesi
essive sumanasi suminasi
translative sumaksesi sumiksesi
abessive sumattasi sumittasi
instructive
comitative suminesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sumamme sumamme
accusative nom. sumamme sumamme
gen. sumamme
genitive sumamme sumiemme
sumaimme rare
partitive sumaamme sumiamme
inessive sumassamme sumissamme
elative sumastamme sumistamme
illative sumaamme sumiimme
adessive sumallamme sumillamme
ablative sumaltamme sumiltamme
allative sumallemme sumillemme
essive sumanamme suminamme
translative sumaksemme sumiksemme
abessive sumattamme sumittamme
instructive
comitative suminemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative sumanne sumanne
accusative nom. sumanne sumanne
gen. sumanne
genitive sumanne sumienne
sumainne rare
partitive sumaanne sumianne
inessive sumassanne sumissanne
elative sumastanne sumistanne
illative sumaanne sumiinne
adessive sumallanne sumillanne
ablative sumaltanne sumiltanne
allative sumallenne sumillenne
essive sumananne suminanne
translative sumaksenne sumiksenne
abessive sumattanne sumittanne
instructive
comitative suminenne

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsuma/
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Hyphenation: su‧ma

Etymology 1

Noun

suma f (plural sumas)

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

suma

  1. inflection of sumir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

suma

  1. romanization of 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐌰

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

Perhaps from Portuguese assim + como ("thus how").

Adverb

suma

  1. because

Ingrian

Suma.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сума (suma).

Pronunciation

Noun

suma

  1. bag
    • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 22:
      Siso ompeli suman.
      Sis sewed the bag.
    • 1936, V. I. Junus, Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 75:
      Ohotnikka otti jänistä käpälist ja pani summaa.
      The hunter took the hare by the legs and put it in the bag.
    • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
      Valja otti suman, pani bukvarin summaa ja laati paljton päälle.
      Valja took bag, put a primer into the bag and put an overcoat on.

Declension

Declension of suma (type 3/koira, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative suma sumat
genitive suman summiin
partitive summaa summia
illative summaa summii
inessive sumas sumis
elative sumast sumist
allative sumalle sumille
adessive sumal sumil
ablative sumalt sumilt
translative sumaks sumiks
essive sumanna, summaan suminna, summiin
exessive1) sumant sumint
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.

Derived terms

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 550

Italian

Verb

suma

  1. inflection of sumere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Lithuanian

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Etymology

Ultimately from Latin summa. The religious sense is borrowed from Polish suma.

Noun

sumà f (plural sùmos) stress pattern 4

  1. (mathematics) sum (quantity obtained by addition)
  2. sum (quantity of money)
  3. (Catholicism) noon mass on a holy day; High Mass

Declension

Declension of sumà
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) sumà sùmos
genitive (kilmininkas) sumõs sumų̃
dative (naudininkas) sùmai sumóms
accusative (galininkas) sùmą sumàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) sumà sumomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) sumojè sumosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) sùma sùmos

References

  1. ^ Rolandas Kregždys (2016) “sumà”, in Lietuvių kalbos polonizmų žodynas, page 156

Further reading

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse svimma, svima, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną.

Verb

suma

  1. to swim, float

Old English

Pronoun

suma

  1. feminine nominative/accusative plural of sum

Old Norse

Pronoun

suma

  1. inflection of sumr:
    1. feminine accusative singular
    2. masculine accusative plural

Old Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin summa. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /suma/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /suma/

Noun

suma f

  1. (attested in Masovia) sum (quantity of money)
    • 1895 , Mikołaj Suled, edited by Franciszek Piekosiński, Tłumaczenia polskie statutów ziemskich, Kodeks Świętosławów, Warka, page 27:
      Czy vbodzy slyachczycy... o pewney svmmye pyenyądzi (de certa summa pecuniae) szą gednayą z nymy
    • 1950 , Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 493, Warsaw:
      Jakom ya nye ranczyl Jsakowi gyenyey kopy geno s they szumy, czo w xøgach ma
      a]

Derived terms

verbs

Descendants

  • Polish: suma
  • Silesian: suma
  • Romanian: sumă

References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “suma”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “suma”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “suma”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN

Polish

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Pronunciation

 

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish suma.

Noun

suma f (diminutive sumka, related adjective sumowy)

  1. amount, sum, figure (certain amount of money)
    Synonym: kwota
  2. (mathematics) sum (quantity obtained by addition)
  3. sum (quantity obtained by aggregation)
    Synonyms: całokształt, całość, ogół
  4. (Roman Catholicism) mass, service (main mass help in church on Sundays and holidays)
    Hypernym: msza
  5. (Middle Polish) sum, summary (short summation of text)
    Synonym: podsumowanie
Declension
Derived terms
particles
verbs

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

suma m animal

  1. genitive/accusative singular of sum

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), suma is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 24 times in scientific texts, 24 times in news, 22 times in essays, 6 times in fiction, and 3 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 79 times, making it the 819th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “suma”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 570

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Adjective

suma

  1. feminine singular of sumo

Etymology 2

Verb

suma

  1. inflection of sumir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sommer.

Verb

a suma (third-person singular present sumează, past participle sumat) 1st conjugation

  1. to sum up

Conjugation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sûma/
  • Hyphenation: su‧ma

Noun

sȕma f (Cyrillic spelling су̏ма)

  1. sum, total

Declension

Declension of suma
singular plural
nominative suma sume
genitive sume suma
dative sumi sumama
accusative sumu sume
vocative sumo sume
locative sumi sumama
instrumental sumom sumama

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish suma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

suma f

  1. sum (amount of money)

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summa. Doublet of the inherited soma (coarse flour).

Noun

suma f (plural sumas)

  1. sum
  2. addition
    Antonym: resta
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

suma

  1. feminine singular of sumo

Verb

suma

  1. inflection of sumar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. inflection of sumir:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “suma”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Likely from English someone. Compare Maroon Spirit Language suma (person)

Pronoun

suma

  1. (interrogative) who

Noun

suma

  1. dated form of sma (person)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Kenneth M. Bilby (1983) “How the "older heads" talk: a Jamaican Maroon spirit possession language and its relationship to the Creoles of Suriname and Sierra Leone”, in New West Indian Guide, →ISSN, page 55.

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

sumà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ)

  1. yellowfruit moonseed (Arcangelisia flava)
    Synonym: abutra
Alternative forms
See also

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish suma, from Latin summa.

Pronunciation

Noun

suma (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋ)

  1. sum; total
    Synonyms: kabuoan, total, sumatotal
Derived terms
See also

Further reading

Venda

Verb

suma

  1. to report

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian сума (suma).

Pronunciation

Noun

suma

  1. pouch, bag

Inflection

Declension of suma (type III/jalkõ, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative suma sumad
genitive suma sumojõ, sumoi
partitive summa sumoitõ, sumoi
illative summasõ, summa sumoisõ
inessive sumaz sumoiz
elative sumassõ sumoissõ
allative sumalõ sumoilõ
adessive sumallõ sumoillõ
ablative sumaltõ sumoiltõ
translative sumassi sumoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “suma”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat , 2nd edition, Tallinn