cuma

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cuma

1. godmother

• Bartoli, Matteo Giulio (1906) Il Dalmatico: Resti di un’antica lingua romanza parlata da Veglia a Ragusa e sua collocazione nella Romània appenino-balcanica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, published 2000

• tjoema (van Ophuijsen (1901–1947))
• tjuma (Republik/Soewandi (1947–1972))

From Malay cuma, from Classical Malay cuma, from Tamil சும்மா (cummā, “lazily, idly, leisurely; just for fun, without any reason, just because”).

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃu.ma/
• Hyphenation: cu‧ma
• Rhymes: -ma, -a

cuma

1. only, merely

• hanya

• “cuma” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

From Old Irish cummae, from Proto-Celtic *kom-smiyos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom (“beside, with, by”) + *sem- (“one, as one”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊmˠə/

cuma f (genitive singular cuma, nominative plural cumaí)

1. shape, form; appearance, look, effect

cuma

1. (with copula) equal, the same; unimportant

• is cuma (“it doesn't matter”)
  • is cuma liom (“it is all the same to me; I don't care”)
  • is cuma duit (“it doesn’t matter to you; it is none of your business”)
• nach cuma? (“so what?”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cuma”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cummae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “cuma” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cuma” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34

cuma

1. father

• cuuma

Borrowed from Swahili chuma.[1]

• IPA^(key): /(t)ɕùːmà(ꜜ)/

This u is pronounced long.[1]

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a disyllabic stem, together with ndaka, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]

cuma class 9 (plural macuma) or cuma class 9/10 (plural cuma)

1. iron, steel[1]

(Nouns)

• gĩcuma class 7

• kĩgera

From Tamil சும்மா (cummā).

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃumə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuma/
• Rhymes: -umə, -mə, -ə

cuma (Jawi spelling چوما‎)

1. only, merely

• hanya / هاڽ‎

• “cuma” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Germanic *kumô, equivalent to cuman +‎ -a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.mɑ/

cuma m

1. guest
   • c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict

     Fēower and fīftiġ. Be cumena andfenġe.

     54. On the receiving of guests.

   • c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"

     Wē sind eall cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færeþ. Sē biþ ācenned, sē ōðer forþfæreþ and rȳmþ him setl.

     We are all guests in this life, and our home is not here, but we're here as wayfaring people. One person comes, another goes. One is born, another dies and makes them room.

2. stranger
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:35

     Iċ wæs cuma and ġē mē inn laðodon.

     I was a stranger and you invited me in.

Borrowed from Middle High German and Old High German zoum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz (“tether, rope, cord, strap, bridle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡su.ma/

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: cu‧ma

cuma f

1. (nautical) hawser (mooring rope)

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

cuma f sg

1. (Portugal, informal) Contraction of com uma (“with a (feminine)”): feminine of cum

   Tou cuma fome!

   I'm so hungry!

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuma/ [ˈku.ma]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: cu‧ma

cuma m (plural cumas)

1. (slang, Chile) rascal, common, vulgar person

   Synonyms: flaite, chulo, ordinario, rasca, punga

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

From Malay cuma, from Tamil சும்மா (cummā).

cuma

1. only, merely

• duga

From Arabic اَلْجُمْعَة‎ (al-jumʕa).

• IPA^(key): /dʒuˈmɑː/

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cuma (definite accusative cumayı, plural cumalar)

1. Friday