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See also: Uman and umân

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Etymology

From English woman.

Noun

uman

  1. woman

References

  • Karl Martin Loeffler Reisman, "The Isle is Full of Noises": A Study of Creole in the Speech Patterns of Antigua (1964)

Aukan

Etymology

From English woman.

Noun

uman

  1. woman
  2. female
  3. wife

Synonyms

References

Brooke's Point Palawano

Noun

uman

  1. chicken flea

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦸꦩꦤ꧀ (uman, tongue-lashing), from Old Javanese *uman (to abuse; to blame).

Pronunciation

Noun

uman (uncountable)

  1. (dialect) tongue-lashing.
    Synonyms: cerca, umpat

Derived terms

Further reading

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English woman.

Pronunciation

Noun

uman (plural uman dem, quantified uman)

  1. woman
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 11:11:
      Dat no miin se man kyan du widout uman ar uman widout man, kaaz Gad neva mek dem fi du widout dem wan aneda.
      So then, I have to insist that in the Lord, neither is woman inferior to man nor is man inferior to woman.

Adjective

uman

  1. female
    uman daag, man daag
    female dog, male dog

Coordinate terms

Further reading

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus.

Adjective

uman m (feminine singular umana, masculine plural umans, feminine plural umanes)

  1. human

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian umano and/or Sicilian umanu, from Latin hūmānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

uman (feminine singular umana, plural umani)

  1. human
    Antonym: inuman
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?
      For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?
  2. (nominalised, fairly rare) human being; man
    Synonym: bniedem

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus. From the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

uman m (feminine singular umana, masculine plural umans, feminine plural umanas)

  1. human

Noun

uman m (plural umans)

  1. human

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 574.

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

uman

  1. human

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hūmānus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

uman m or n (feminine singular umană, masculine plural umani, feminine and neuter plural umane)

  1. human, humane

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite uman umană umani umane
definite umanul umana umanii umanele
genitive-
dative
indefinite uman umane umani umane
definite umanului umanei umanelor umanilor

Noun

uman m (plural umani)

  1. human

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative uman umanul umani umanii
genitive-dative uman umanului umani umanilor
vocative umanule umanilor

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hūmānus.

Adjective

uman m (feminine singular umana, masculine plural umans, feminine plural umanas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) human

Noun

uman m (plural umans; feminine umana, plural umanas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) (male) human being
    Synonyms: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) carstgaun, (Sutsilvan) carstgàn, (Surmiran) carstgang

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *umьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ûːman/
  • Hyphenation: u‧man

Adjective

ȗman (Cyrillic spelling у̑ман, definite ȗmnī, comparative umniji)

  1. wise, smart
  2. (in definite forms) mental, intellectual

Declension

References

  • uman”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024