uma

• IPA^(key): /uˈma/
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

umá

1. (stative) to be bad

• meqé (“be good”)

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

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

umá

1. farm

uma

1. water

uma

1. to drink

   umtwa ― I drink

• David Forbes, On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru (1870)
• Dennis William Stuart Selder, Toward a Sound Methodology for Comparative Rhetoric (2007)

uma

1. Romanization of ᬳᬸᬫ (“sawah”)
2. Romanization of ᬉᬫ (“the eight day in astawara”)

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈma/
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

umá (Basahan spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. farm; field

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuma/
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

uma (Badlit spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. farm; a piece of land where crops or animals are raised

   Synonyms: baol, banika

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq.

• IPA^(key): /umɑ/

uma

1. house

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

uma

1. trunk (of a tree)
2. lead (metal)

• IPA^(key): /ˈuma/

uma

1. with

   Nabinaha tuma María. ― I'm going to dance with Mary.

uma

1. and

   Baruru tuma faluma ― Platains and coconuts

uma

1. garden

uma m (plural um'ee)

1. name

uma

1. Rōmaji transcription of うま
2. Rōmaji transcription of ウマ

• IPA^(key): /ʊˈma/
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

umá

1. kiss on the mouth

   Synonyms: besu, ayik, uman

From Mongolic (Mongolian овог (ovog, “clan”), Yakut омук (omuk)); compare Southern Altai омок (omok, “people, nation”), Chagatai (omak, “family”).

uma

1. people

Räsänen, Martti (1969) Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 361

• IPA^(key): /uma/

uma (infinitive kuuma)

1. to go out, come out

   Antonym: gũtonya

(Proverbs)

(Verbs)

• kuumagara

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

uma

1. (Sanggau) mother

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀuma (compare with Tongan uma, Samoan uma and Fijian uma) from *ʀumaq “house” ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq (compare with Javanese omah, Malay rumah both “house”) – semantic evolution of Proto-Oceanic root from comparison of the human chest held by ribcage with the house and its frame during the Lapita period.^[1][2]

uma

1. chest

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “uma”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 547
• “uma” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

umá

1. farm

• hua, hũa, huma, ũa (obsolete)
• 1 (numeral)

From Old Galician-Portuguese ũa, from Latin ūna, feminine of ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Italic *oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”).

• Hyphenation: u‧ma

uma

2. feminine of um

   Eu peguei uma laranja, enquanto ele pegou cinco.

   I took one orange, while he took five.

   • 2000, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Câmara Secreta [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] (Harry Potter; 2), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 217:

     Quando tiver uma dúvida, vá à biblioteca.

     When you are in doubt, go to the library.

   • 2001, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Cálice de Fogo [Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire] (Harry Potter; 4), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 555:

     Harry passou por uma provação terrível esta noite.

     Harry underwent a terrible ordeal tonight.

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 274:

     A varinha soltou uma faisquinha e se apagou.

     The wand let out a little spark and extinguished itself.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:um.

uma

2. feminine singular of um

   Uma mulher não pode ser tratada dessa forma.

   A woman can’t be treated this way.

   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Ele agora tem uma casa nas montanhas, foi Dumbledore que arranjou, uma bela caverna.

     He now has a home in the mountains, Dumbledore is who provided it, a beautiful cave.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:um.

uma

2. feminine of um

uma

1. elevated

uma

1. head, top
2. capital, principal
3. leader, guide
4. rounded hill

• oema (superseded)

From English woman. Compare Antigua and Barbuda Creole English uman, Aukan uman and Krio uman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.ma/

uma

1. woman

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From Kikuyu uma.

uma class XI (plural nyuma class X)

1. fork

From Proto-Bantu *-dʊ́ma.

-uma (infinitive kuuma)

1. to bite (to cut off a piece by clamping the teeth)
2. to ache or hurt

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -umia
  • Causative: -umiza
  • Passive: -umwa (“to be in pain, to ache”)
  • Reciprocal: -umana
  • Stative: -umika

úma

1. when
2. if

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: u‧ma

uma (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. encasement end-to-end

   Synonym: pagkakauma

• pagkakauma

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔumaʔ/
• Rhymes: -umaʔ
• Syllabification: u‧ma

umà (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. kiss on the mouth

   Synonyms: beso, halik, umaum

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: u‧ma

umá (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. surfeit of sleep or monotony

   Synonyms: pagkauma, sawa, suya

• pagkauma

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

uma m (Tifinagh spelling ⵓⵎⴰ, plural aytma, feminine utcma)

1. brother
2. compatriot
3. bro, a male comrade or friend
4. the same, lookalike

• utcma (“sister”)
• awmaten (“brothers”)
• tawmat (“brotherhood”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔuma/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: u‧ma

uma (Sulat Sūg spelling اُمَ)

1. farm; field

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq. Compare Nias omo and Malay rumah.

uma

1. house (abode)

• “uma”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

umá

1. farm

Akin to Maranao oma.

uma

1. to arrive

uma

1. to bark (of dogs)

IPA^(key): /úːma/

úma

1. if
2. when

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “uma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “uma (3.9)”