# kuma
## Bambara
### Verb

kuma
* (intransitive) to speak

### Noun

kuma
* word, that which is spoken

### References

* Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

## Basque
### Noun

kuma inan
* A cradle.

#### Synonyms

* sehaska

## Dangaléat
### Noun

kúmá (West), kūmà (East)
* 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

## Guinea-Bissau Creole
### Etymology

From Portuguese como.

### Pronoun

kuma
* that
* what
* how

## Hoava
### Noun

kuma
* water

### References

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

## Jamtish
### Etymology

From Old Norse koma (“to come”), from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”).

### Pronunciation

* (Åre) IPA: [²kʰoˑmuᵝ]
* (Mattmar, Näskott) IPA: [²kʰɔːmɔ]
* (Hackås, Hallen, Håsjö, Häggenås, Hällesjö, Marieby, Revsund, Rätan) IPA: [²kʰuᵝmːa]
* (Rödön) IPA: [²kʰuᵝmːæ]
* (Hammerdal) IPA: [²kʰɔmːa]
* (Berg) IPA: [²kʰɶmːa]
* (Ragunda) IPA: [²kʰuᵝma], [²kʰuᵝmːa]
* (Fors) IPA: [²kʰʊma]

### Verb

kuma
* to come

#### Conjugation
### References

* Bucht, Torsten. 1924. Äldre u ock o i kort stavelse i mellersta Norrland. pp. 81-82.
* * Nýjamskeółbók’a, retrieved 2022-04-21.
* ↑ Söderström, Sven. 1972. Om kvantitetsutvecklingen i norrländska folkmål. p. 34

## Japanese
### Romanization

kuma
* Rōmaji transcription of くま

## Kaurna
### Noun

kuma
* another
    kumarta ― different, distinct, separate
    kumartappendi ― to separate

### Numeral

kuma
* one
    kuma partirrka ― one hundred
    kuma uwata ― one thousand
    kumiwurru ― one million
    kumanti ― only one, just one
    kumangka ― to be one; together
    kuma kumangka ― one after the other
    kumarluku ― once
    kumarlukunti ― only once
    kumapurtu ― all at once

### References

* Warra Kaurna Yalaka, ed. Rob Amery. November 2017

## Kituba
### Verb

kuma
* to arrive

## Lindu
### Noun

kuma
* germ

## Maaka
### Noun

kuma
* ear

### References

* Russell G. Schuh, Maka Wordlist, p. 6

## Mauritian Creole
### Adverb

kuma
* Alternative spelling of kouma

## Oromo
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Cushitic *kum-. Compare Hadiyya kúma, Sidamo kúme and Somali kun.

### Numeral

kuma
* thousand

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈku.ma/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -uma
* Syllabification: ku‧ma

### Etymology 1

From kum +‎ -a.

#### Noun

kuma f (male equivalent kum)
* female equivalent of kum (“godmother”)
* (colloquial) neighbor, neighbour
* (colloquial) friend

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

kuma m pers
* genitive/accusative singular of kum

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

kuma
* third-person singular present of kumać

### Further reading

* kuma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kuma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Rama
### Noun

kuma
* woman

### References

* Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, volume 29

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

kuma f (Cyrillic spelling кума)
* godmother
* goodwife, gossip

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

kuma class IX (plural kuma class X)
* vulva
* (vulgar) vagina, cunt
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:uke

## Taivoan
### Noun

kuma
* the crowds
* the Shrine of Taivoan in some Taivoan communities.
* younger brother

### Adjective

kuma
* many (people)

## Turkish
### Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قومه (kuma), itself from Proto-Turkic *koma.

### Noun

kuma (definite accusative kumayı, plural kumalar)
* a woman who lives with a married man (and the rest of his family), concubine

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
kuma
kumalar
definite accusative
kumayı
kumaları
dative
kumaya
kumalara
locative
kumada
kumalarda
ablative
kumadan
kumalardan
genitive
kumanın
kumaların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kumam
kumalarım
2nd singular
kuman
kumaların
3rd singular
kuması
kumaları
1st plural
kumamız
kumalarımız
2nd plural
kumanız
kumalarınız
3rd plural
kumaları
kumaları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kumamı
kumalarımı
2nd singular
kumanı
kumalarını
3rd singular
kumasını
kumalarını
1st plural
kumamızı
kumalarımızı
2nd plural
kumanızı
kumalarınızı
3rd plural
kumalarını
kumalarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kumama
kumalarıma
2nd singular
kumana
kumalarına
3rd singular
kumasına
kumalarına
1st plural
kumamıza
kumalarımıza
2nd plural
kumanıza
kumalarınıza
3rd plural
kumalarına
kumalarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kumamda
kumalarımda
2nd singular
kumanda
kumalarında
3rd singular
kumasında
kumalarında
1st plural
kumamızda
kumalarımızda
2nd plural
kumanızda
kumalarınızda
3rd plural
kumalarında
kumalarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kumamdan
kumalarımdan
2nd singular
kumandan
kumalarından
3rd singular
kumasından
kumalarından
1st plural
kumamızdan
kumalarımızdan
2nd plural
kumanızdan
kumalarınızdan
3rd plural
kumalarından
kumalarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kumamın
kumalarımın
2nd singular
kumanın
kumalarının
3rd singular
kumasının
kumalarının
1st plural
kumamızın
kumalarımızın
2nd plural
kumanızın
kumalarınızın
3rd plural
kumalarının
kumalarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
kumayım
kumalarım
2nd singular
kumasın
kumalarsın
3rd singular
kuma kumadır
kumalar kumalardır
1st plural
kumayız
kumalarız
2nd plural
kumasınız
kumalarsınız
3rd plural
kumalar
kumalardır :

## Ye'kwana
### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban *kuma; compare Apalaí kuma, Kari'na kuma, Trió 'ma, Wayana kuna, Akawaio ï'ma.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kuma]

### Verb

kuma
* (intransitive, of water) to flood, to overflow

#### Derived terms

* kumaajö
* kumadü

### References

* Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “chuumadö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
* Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 387, 393: “chu:madü 'rising water, high water' […] chu:madü - rising river […] kuma:dü - to flood, overflow (lit. rising river)”