ஊமை

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Tamil

Etymology

From ஊம் (ūm) +‎ -மை (-mai). Cognate with Kannada ಊಮೆ (ūme) and Malayalam ഊമ (ūma).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ஊமை (ūmai)

  1. mute, dumb
  2. silent

Noun

ஊமை (ūmai)

  1. muteness, dumbness
  2. a mute person c
  3. dullness of sound
  4. mongoose
    Synonym: கீரி (kīri)

Declension

ai-stem declension of ஊமை (ūmai)
singular plural
nominative ஊமை
ūmai
ஊமைகள்
ūmaikaḷ
vocative ஊமையே
ūmaiyē
ஊமைகளே
ūmaikaḷē
accusative ஊமையை
ūmaiyai
ஊமைகளை
ūmaikaḷai
dative ஊமைக்கு
ūmaikku
ஊமைகளுக்கு
ūmaikaḷukku
benefactive ஊமைக்காக
ūmaikkāka
ஊமைகளுக்காக
ūmaikaḷukkāka
genitive 1 ஊமையுடைய
ūmaiyuṭaiya
ஊமைகளுடைய
ūmaikaḷuṭaiya
genitive 2 ஊமையின்
ūmaiyiṉ
ஊமைகளின்
ūmaikaḷiṉ
locative 1 ஊமையில்
ūmaiyil
ஊமைகளில்
ūmaikaḷil
locative 2 ஊமையிடம்
ūmaiyiṭam
ஊமைகளிடம்
ūmaikaḷiṭam
sociative 1 ஊமையோடு
ūmaiyōṭu
ஊமைகளோடு
ūmaikaḷōṭu
sociative 2 ஊமையுடன்
ūmaiyuṭaṉ
ஊமைகளுடன்
ūmaikaḷuṭaṉ
instrumental ஊமையால்
ūmaiyāl
ஊமைகளால்
ūmaikaḷāl
ablative ஊமையிலிருந்து
ūmaiyiliruntu
ஊமைகளிலிருந்து
ūmaikaḷiliruntu

Derived terms

References

  • University of Madras (1924–1936) “ஊமை”, in Tamil Lexicon, Madras : Diocesan Press
  • Johann Philipp Fabricius (1972) “ஊமை”, in Tamil and English Dictionary, Tranquebar: Evangelical Lutheran Mission Pub. House