# umma
## English
### Noun

umma (plural ummas)
* Alternative spelling of ummah

### Anagrams

* Mamu, Muma, maum

## Akkadian
### Pronunciation

* (Old Babylonian) IPA: /ˈum.ma/

### Particle

umma (from Old Akkadian on)
* introduces direct and indirect speech (thus, saying, as follows, etc.)
    𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒈠𒄯 𒄴𒄭𒅀 𒀸𒆪𒌦𒈠 𒌝𒈠 𒋗𒉡𒈠 𒁕𒈪𒅅[ṭuppam maḫar aḫḫīya aškunma umma šunūma damiq]DUB-pa₂-am ma-ḫar aḫ-ḫi-ia aš-ku-un-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma da-mi-iqI placed the tablet before my colleagues and they said: "It is good".

#### Alternative forms

* enma (Old Akkadian)
* amma, ummu
Cuneiform spellings :
* Phonetic
* 𒌝𒈠 (um-ma)
* 𒂗𒈠 (en-ma) (Old Akkadian)
* 𒄠𒈠 (am-ma)
* 𒌝𒈬 (um-mu)

### References

* “umma”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
* Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “umma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

## Bavarian
### Etymology

From Middle High German umbe-her, umber, ummer, equivalent to um + her. Cognate with German umher.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈumɐ/

### Adverb

umma
* across, over (direction towards the speaker)

#### Usage notes

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

#### Related terms

* umme
* ummi

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Arabic حُمَّى (ḥummā).

### Noun

umma
* (medicine) fever

#### Declension
### References

* “umma”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈumːɑ/, [ˈumːɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -umːɑ
* Hyphenation: um‧ma

### Noun

umma
* (Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of umma (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ummani
accusative
nom.
ummani
gen.
ummani
genitive
ummani
partitive
ummaani
inessive
ummassani
elative
ummastani
illative
ummaani
adessive
ummallani
ablative
ummaltani
allative
ummalleni
essive
ummanani
translative
ummakseni
abessive
ummattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ummasi
accusative
nom.
ummasi
gen.
ummasi
genitive
ummasi
partitive
ummaasi
inessive
ummassasi
elative
ummastasi
illative
ummaasi
adessive
ummallasi
ablative
ummaltasi
allative
ummallesi
essive
ummanasi
translative
ummaksesi
abessive
ummattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ummamme
accusative
nom.
ummamme
gen.
ummamme
genitive
ummamme
partitive
ummaamme
inessive
ummassamme
elative
ummastamme
illative
ummaamme
adessive
ummallamme
ablative
ummaltamme
allative
ummallemme
essive
ummanamme
translative
ummaksemme
abessive
ummattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ummanne
accusative
nom.
ummanne
gen.
ummanne
genitive
ummanne
partitive
ummaanne
inessive
ummassanne
elative
ummastanne
illative
ummaanne
adessive
ummallanne
ablative
ummaltanne
allative
ummallenne
essive
ummananne
translative
ummaksenne
abessive
ummattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
ummansa
accusative
nom.
ummansa
gen.
ummansa
genitive
ummansa
partitive
ummaansa
inessive
ummassaan ummassansa
elative
ummastaan ummastansa
illative
ummaansa
adessive
ummallaan ummallansa
ablative
ummaltaan ummaltansa
allative
ummalleen ummallensa
essive
ummanaan ummanansa
translative
ummakseen ummaksensa
abessive
ummattaan ummattansa
instructive
comitative

### Anagrams

* ammu, mamu

## Italian
### Etymology

From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

### Noun

umma f (plural umme)
* (Islam) ummah

## Laboya
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq. Compare Indonesian rumah.

### Noun

umma
* house

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “umma”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 96

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

umma m (definite singular ummaen, indefinite plural ummaer, definite plural ummaene)
* (Islam) ummah

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

umma m (definite singular ummaen, indefinite plural ummaer or ummaar, definite plural ummaene or ummaane)
* (Islam) ummah

## Southern Ndebele
### Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.

### Noun

úmmá class 1a (plural ábómmá class 2a)
* mother

#### Inflection

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

## Spanish
### Noun

umma f (uncountable)
* umma

### Further reading

* “umma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

umma
* Romanization of 𒄑𒆵 (umma)

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

umma class XI (no plural)
* the public or populace, the general population

## Yogad
### Noun

ummá
* kiss