uma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uma"

Languages (34)

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Umatilla.

Symbol

uma

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Umatilla.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Umatilla terms

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uˈma/ [ʔʊˈmʌ]
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

Verb

umá

1. (stative) to be bad

Conjugation

Conjugation of uma (type III verb)
		1st singular	2nd singular	3rd singular		1st plural	2nd plural	3rd plural
				m	f
present indicative I	V-affirmative	umiyóh	umitóh	umáh	umáh	uminóh	umitoonúh	umoonúh
	N-affirmative	umiyó	umitó	umá	umá	uminó	umitón	umón
	negative	múmiyo	múmito	múma	múma	múmino	múmiton	múmon
present indicative II		affirmative present indicative I + imperfective of én
past indicative I		úmuk + perfective of én
past indicative II		úmuk + perfective of sugé
present potential	affirmative	umiyóm takkéh	umitóm takkéh	umám takkéh	umám takkéh	uminóm takkéh	umitoonúm takkéh	umoonúm takkéh
past conditional	affirmative	úmuk + past conditional of sugé
		-h converb	-k converb	-in(n)uh converb	infinitive
		úmih	úmuk	umínnuh	umíyya

Antonyms

• meqé (“be good”)

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “uma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

Noun

umá

1. farm

Aymara

Noun

uma

1. water

Verb

uma

1. to drink

   umtwa ― I drink

References

• David Forbes, On the Aymara Indians of Bolivia and Peru (1870)
• Dennis William Stuart Selder, Toward a Sound Methodology for Comparative Rhetoric (2007)

Balinese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma, from Proto-Austronesian *qumah (“swidden”).

Noun

uma (Balinese script ᬳᬸᬫ)

1. (sor) sawah

   Synonym: (alus mider) carik

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*qumah”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

• “uma”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔuˈma/ [ʔuˈma]

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• Hyphenation: u‧ma

Noun

umá (Basahan spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. farm; field

   Maduman ka sa uma sa aga?

   Are you going to the farm tomorrow?

Derived terms

• kaumahan
• mag-uma
• pag-uma
• parauma
• umahon

See also

• badang
• lantad

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *quma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔuma/ [ˈʔu.mɐ]
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

Noun

uma (Badlit spelling ᜂᜋ)

1. farm; a piece of land where crops or animals are raised

   Synonyms: baol, banika

Derived terms

• kaumahan
• kaumhan
• mag-uuma
• panguma
• umahan
• umahon
• umhan

Drehu

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ʀumaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /umɑ/

Noun

uma

1. house

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Fijian

Noun

uma

1. trunk (of a tree)
2. lead (metal)

Garifuna

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuma/

Postposition

uma

1. with

   Nabinaha tuma María. ― I'm going to dance with Mary.

Conjunction

uma

1. and

   Baruru tuma faluma ― Platains and coconuts

Inflection

Postposition uma

	singular		plural
first	numa		wuma
second	buma		huma
third	masculine	feminine	huma
	luma	tuma

Hiri Motu

Noun

uma

1. garden

Indonesian

Noun

uma (plural uma-uma)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of huma

Iraqw

Noun

uma m (plural um'ee)

1. name

Japanese

Romanization

uma

1. Rōmaji transcription of うま
2. Rōmaji transcription of ウマ

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊˈma/ [ʊˈmäː]
• Hyphenation: u‧ma

Noun

umá

1. kiss on the mouth

   Synonyms: besu, ayik, uman

Karaim

Etymology

From Mongolic (Mongolian овог (ovog, “clan”), Yakut омук (omuk)); compare Southern Altai омок (omok, “people, nation”), Chagatai [script needed] (omak, “family”).

Noun

uma

1. people

References

Räsänen, Martti (1969), Versuch eines etymologischen Wörterbuchs der Türksprachen (in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, page 361

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uma/

Verb

uma (infinitive kuuma)

1. to go out, come out

   Antonym: gũtonya

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũrimũ ndũrĩ hinya ũgĩtonya mwĩrĩ ta ũkiuma
• ngemi ciumaga na mũciĩ
• ngemi ciumaga ndĩrĩ-inĩ
• nyũmba na riika itiumagwo
• wega uumaga na mũciĩ

Related terms

(Verbs)

• kuumagara

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Malay

Noun

uma

1. (Sanggau) mother