ume

See also: Ume, ʻume, and -ume

English

Ume blossoms in March.

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 梅 (ume).

Noun

ume (plural ume or umes)

Japanese apricot, a species of Asian plum, Prunus mume.

Translations

Japanese apricot

Chinese: 梅 (méi)
Min Nan: 梅仔 (bôe-á), 梅仔干 (bôe-á-koaⁿ), 梅仔樹 (mûi-á-chhiū)
Japanese: 梅 (ja) (ume), うめ (ja) (ume)

Korean: 매 실 (maesil), 梅實
Vietnamese: mơ ta, mơ/mai Nhật

Anagrams

EMU, MEU, emu, meu, mue

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *unbe, cognate with Aquitanian *umme.

Noun

ume

child

Japanese

Romanization

ume

Rōmaji transcription of うめ
Rōmaji transcription of ウメ

Latin

Noun

ume

vocative singular of umus

Pipil

**Pipil cardinal numbers**
< 1	2	3 >
Cardinal : ūme Adverbial : ukpa Fractional : tajku

Etymology

From Proto-Nahuan *oːmə, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *wohay or *wokay or *wakay. Compare Classical Nahuatl ōme (“two”). Cognate with Yaqui woi (“two”) and Hopi lööyö' (“two”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuːme/

Numeral

ūme

two

Nikpia ume nueltiwan
I have two younger sisters

Swahili

Adjective

-ume (declinable)

male

Inflection

Inflected forms of -ume

Noun class	singular	plural
M-wa class	mume	waume
M-mi class	mume	miume
Ma class	ume	maume
Ki-vi class	kiume	viume
N class	dume	dume
U class	mume	dume
Pa class	paume	paume
Ku class	kuume	kuume
Mu class	mume	mume

Coordinate terms

-ke

Derived terms

mume

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