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kuma

kuma

See also: kumā and kumå

Dangaléat

Noun

kúmá (West), kūmà (East)

  1. meat
    kúm dì (West), kūm dī (East) : only the meat (showing regular deletion of the -a when another syllable follows)

References

  • Jean Pierre Caprile: Études phonologiques tchadiennes

Hoava

Noun

kuma

  1. water

References

  • Karen Davis, ‎A grammar of the Hoava language, Western Solomons (2003), page 36

Japanese

Romanization

kuma

  1. rōmaji reading of くま

Mauritian Creole

Adverb

kuma

  1. Alternative spelling of kouma

Rama

Noun

kuma

  1. woman

References


Serbo-Croatian

Noun

kuma f (Cyrillic spelling кума)

  1. godmother
  2. goodwife, gossip

Swahili

Noun

kuma (n class, plural kuma)

  1. ****
  2. ****

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *Koma.

Noun

kuma (definite accusative kumayı, plural kumalar)

  1. a woman who lives with a married man (and the rest of his family)

Declension