cuma

See also: Cuma

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃu.ma/

Adverb

cuma

  1. only, merely

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊmˠə/

Noun

cuma f (genitive singular cuma, nominative plural cumaí)

  1. shape, form; appearance, look, effect

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

cuma

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

Derived terms

  • 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”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cuma chuma gcuma
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "cuma" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “appearance” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “look” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “cummae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Malay

Pronunciation

Conjunction

cuma

  1. only

Synonyms

Old English

Etymology

From the verb cuman.

Noun

cuma m

  1. guest
    • 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
      Wē sind ealle cuman on þissum līfe, and ūre eard nis nā hēr, ac wē sind hēr swelċe weġfērende menn. Ān cymþ, ōðer færþ. Sē biþ ācenned, se ōðer forþfærþ and rȳmþ him setl.
      We're 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 him room.
  2. stranger
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 25:35
      Iċ wæs cuma and ġē mē inlaðodon.
      I was a stranger and you invited me in.

Declension

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈt͡su.ma/

Noun

cuma f

  1. (nautical) hawser (mooring rope)

Declension

Derived terms

Spanish

Noun

cuma m (plural cumas)

  1. (slang, Chile) rascal, common, vulgar person
    Synonyms: flaite, chulo, ordinario, rasca, punga

Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اَلْجُمْعَة‎ (al-jumʿa).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʒʊmɑː/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

cuma (definite accusative cumayı, plural cumalar)

  1. Friday

Declension

Inflection
Nominative cuma
Definite accusative cumayı
Singular Plural
Nominative cuma cumalar
Definite accusative cumayı cumaları
Dative cumaya cumalara
Locative cumada cumalarda
Ablative cumadan cumalardan
Genitive cumanın cumaların

See also

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