sumo

English

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sumo

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Japanese 相(す)撲(もう) (sumō).

Pronunciation

• enPR: so͞o'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːməʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːməʊ

Noun

sumo (countable and uncountable, plural sumo or sumos)

1. (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
2. (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler)

Derived terms

• kanjin-sumo
• sumo deadlift

Translations

Anagrams

• MOUs, MoUs, Mous, muso, soum

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian)

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Adjective

sumo

1. monotonous; tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
2. slow-burning

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

sumo (accusative singular sumon, plural sumoj, accusative plural sumojn)

1. sum

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese. Compare English sumo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/,
• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification^(key): su‧mo

Noun

sumo

1. (sports) sumo (wrestling style of Japanese origin)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “sumo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.mo/, /su.mo/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. sumo
2. sumotori

Galician

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

sumo

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (すもう, sumō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.mo/
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Verb

sumo

1. (sports) sumo (Japanese traditional wrestling).

Derived terms

• pesumo (a sumo wrestler)

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

sumo

Wikipedia ^it

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: sù‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Noun

sumo m (invariable)

1. sumo (Japanese wrestling)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumere

Anagrams

• muso, musò

Latin

Etymology

From *susmō < *subs(e)mō, from sub- +‎ emō (“to buy, take”), with excrescent p in sūmpsī and sūmptum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.moː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/,

Verb

sūmō (present infinitive sūmere, perfect active sūmpsī, supine sūmptum); third conjugation

1. to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.537–538:

     parva mora est, caelum vātēs ac nūmina sūmit
     fitque suī tōtō pectore plēna deī

     There is a brief pause; the prophetess assumes the divine powers of heaven, and in all her soul she is made full of her deity.
     (The prophetess is Carmenta.)

2. to undertake, begin, enter upon
3. to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment
4. to choose, select
5. to obtain, acquire, receive, get, take
6. to use, apply, employ, spend, consume
7. to adopt; borrow
8. to buy, purchase
9. to accept, presuppose, establish as a principle
10. to fascinate, charm
11. to put on
12. to take heart

Conjugation

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Synonyms

• (seize): apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, teneō, capiō, arripiō
• (acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, lucror, impetrō, mereō, teneō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, potior, inveniō, colligō, alliciō
• (purchase): emo, comparo, coëmō
• (begin): incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, committō, exorior, moveō, mōlior
• (accept): accipio, recipio, ascīscō, concipio
• (select): dēsūmō, dēligō, ēligō, adoptō, optō, sēpōnō legō, dēstinō, capiō, creō
• (assume): adhibeō, assūmō, adoptō, suscipiō, induō, accipiō, indūcō, ineō, aggredior
• (undertake): ineo, obeo
• (use): utor, adhibeō, occupō, ūsūrpō, vēscor
• (consume): abutor, accido
• (put on): vēlō, saepiō, induō, indūcō

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “purchase”): vendo, addico, dēferō
• (antonym(s) of “begin”): subsistō, dēsistō, cessō, remittō
• (antonym(s) of “acquire”): āmittō
• (antonym(s) of “put on”): nūdō, spoliō, exuō

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• “sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sumo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• sumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
    
  • to take something into one's hands: in manus(m) sumere aliquid
    
  • to take poison: venenum sumere, bibere
    
  • to commence a thing: initium facere, ducere, sumere (alicuius rei)
    
  • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • to take a lesson from some one's example: sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo or exemplum capere de aliquo
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to assume a thing: sumere (opp. reicere) aliquid
    
  • to take up a book in one's hands: librum in manus sumere
    
  • to be haughty: magnos spiritus sibi sumere (B. G. 1. 33)
    
  • to take upon oneself: sibi sumere aliquid (Planc. 1. 3)
    
  • to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere
    
  • to take food: cibum sumere, capere
    
  • to borrow money from some one: pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquo
    
  • to assume a despotic tone: regios spiritus sibi sumere
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    
  • to execute the death-sentence on a person: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    
  • to take up one's arms: arma capere, sumere
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

sumo

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umɔ
• Syllabification: su‧mo

Noun

sumo n (indeclinable)

1. sumo

Derived terms

Further reading

• sumo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sumo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -umu
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summus.

Adjective

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest

Derived terms

• sumamente

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. summit, top

   Synonyms: cume, cimo

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese çumo, from Arabic زُوم (zūm, “juice, sap”), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). Cognate of Galician zume and Spanish zumo.

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. (Portugal) juice

   Synonym: (Brasil) suco

Etymology 3

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

Alternative forms

• sumô (Brazil)

Noun

sumo m (uncountable) (European spelling)

1. (martial arts) sumo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Further reading

• “sumo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification: su‧mo
• Homophone: (Latin America) zumo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

Adjective

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest, superlative

   Caifás era sumo sacerdote.

   Caiaphas was the high priest.

2. utmost

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

Etymology 3

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Etymology 4

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

sumo

Wikipedia ^es

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

Noun

sumo m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) sumo

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Further reading

• “sumo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014