Sumatra

Sumatra

English

Etymology

From Indonesian Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suːˈmɑːtɹə/

Proper noun

Sumatra

1. A largest island in Indonesia

Derived terms

• Sumatran

Translations

the largest island of Indonesia

Arabic: سُومَطْرَة‎ f (sūmaṭra) Belarusian: Сума́тра f (Sumátra) Bengali: সুমাত্রা (sumatra) Bulgarian: Сума́тра f (Sumátra) Catalan: Sumatra (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 蘇門答臘／苏门答腊 (zh) (Sūméndálà) Czech: Sumatra (cs) f Dutch: Sumatra (nl) Finnish: Sumatra (fi) French: Sumatra (fr) f Georgian: სუმატრა (sumaṭra) German: Sumatra (de) n Greek: Σουμάτρα (el) (Soumátra) Hindi: सुमात्रा (hi) m (sumātrā) Hungarian: Szumátra (hu) Indonesian: Sumatera (id) Italian: Sumatra Japanese: スマトラ (Sumatora) Javanese: Sumatra Khmer: សូម៉ាត្រា (soomaatraa) Korean: 수마트라 (Sumateura) Latin: Sumatra Macedonian: Сума́тра f (Sumátra) Malay: Sumatera Polish: Sumatra (pl) f Portuguese: Sumatra, Samatra Russian: Сума́тра (ru) f (Sumátra) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Суматра f Roman: Sumatra (sh) f Spanish: Sumatra, Sumatera Thai: สุมาตรา (sùmâatdtraa) Turkish: Sumatra (tr) Ukrainian: Сума́тра f (Sumátra)

Noun

Sumatra (plural Sumatras)

1. (Singapore, formerly) A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 119:

     In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name.

2. A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.

References

• (squall or rainstorm): Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “Sumatra”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

• Muratas, Tamuras, traumas

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca‧tag‧bo

Proper noun

Sumatra

1. Sumatra; the largest island of Indonesia
2. a surname from Sanskrit

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Czech

Proper noun

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra

Derived terms

• sumaterský

Further reading

• Sumatra in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Sumatra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Sumatra or Latin Sumatra (from Italian), used by Ludovico di Varthema in his travelogue, ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsyˈmaː.traː/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Su‧ma‧tra

Proper noun

Sumatra n

1. Sumatra [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• Sumatraan

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Finnish

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumɑtrɑ/, [ˈs̠umɑt̪rɑ]
• Rhymes: -umɑtrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧mat‧ra

Proper noun

Sumatra

1. Sumatra (The largest island in Indonesia)

Declension

Inflection of Sumatra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Sumatra	(Sumatrat)
genitive		Sumatran	(Sumatrojen)
partitive		Sumatraa	(Sumatroja)
illative		Sumatraan	(Sumatroihin)
		singular	plural
nominative		Sumatra	(Sumatrat)
accusative	nom.	Sumatra	(Sumatrat)
	gen.	Sumatran
genitive		Sumatran	(Sumatrojen) (Sumatrainrare)
partitive		Sumatraa	(Sumatroja)
inessive		Sumatrassa	(Sumatroissa)
elative		Sumatrasta	(Sumatroista)
illative		Sumatraan	(Sumatroihin)
adessive		Sumatralla	(Sumatroilla)
ablative		Sumatralta	(Sumatroilta)
allative		Sumatralle	(Sumatroille)
essive		Sumatrana	(Sumatroina)
translative		Sumatraksi	(Sumatroiksi)
instructive		—	(Sumatroin)
abessive		Sumatratta	(Sumatroitta)
comitative		—	(Sumatroineen)
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language.

Possessive forms of Sumatra (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Sumatrani	Sumatramme
2nd person	Sumatrasi	Sumatranne
3rd person	Sumatransa

Derived terms

• sumatralainen
• sumatrankaniini
• sumatranoranki
• sumatransarvikuono

Anagrams

• surmata

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.ma.tʁa/

Proper noun

Sumatra m

1. Sumatra (an island in Indonesia)

Derived terms

• sumatrien

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German

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Sumatra n (proper noun, genitive Sumatras or (optionally with an article) Sumatra)

1. Sumatra (an island in Indonesia)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

Proper noun

Sumatra

1. Sumatra

Descendants

• → English: Sumatra

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Italian

Etymology

From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈma.tra/
• Rhymes: -atra
• Hyphenation: Su‧mà‧tra

Proper noun

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra

Anagrams

• smurata

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈmat.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -atra
• Syllabification: Su‧mat‧ra

Proper noun

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (an island in Indonesia)

Declension

Declension of Sumatra

	singular
nominative	Sumatra
genitive	Sumatry
dative	Sumatrze
accusative	Sumatrę
instrumental	Sumatrą
locative	Sumatrze
vocative	Sumatro

Further reading

• Sumatra in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Sumatra in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Samatra

Proper noun

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra (the largest island in Indonesia)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sǔmatra/
• Hyphenation: Su‧mat‧ra

Proper noun

Sùmatra f (Cyrillic spelling Су̀матра)

1. Sumatra

Declension

Declension of Sumatra

	singular
nominative	Sumatra
genitive	Sumatre
dative	Sumatri
accusative	Sumatru
vocative	Sumatro / Sumatra
locative	Sumatri
instrumental	Sumatrom

References

• “Sumatra” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Sumatera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈmatɾa/ [suˈma.t̪ɾa]
• Rhymes: -atɾa
• Syllabification: Su‧ma‧tra

Proper noun

Sumatra f

1. Sumatra

Derived terms

• rinoceronte de Sumatra
• tigre de Sumatra