sumu
English
Etymology
From Chinese 蘇木/苏木 (sūmù), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).
Noun
sumu (plural sumu or sumus)
- Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), sometimes used in relation to Inner Mongolia.
Anagrams
- USUM, umus
Dongxiang
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *sumun, compare Mongolian сум (sum).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈmu/, [suˈmu]
Noun
sumu
- arrow
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *sumu. Related to sumea, Ingrian sumu, Karelian sumu , Veps sumeg. May be also cognate to Moksha сюне (sjune). Possible non-Finnic cognates include Northern Sami sopmu (probably borrowed from Finnic).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsumu/, [ˈs̠umu]
- Rhymes: -umu
- Syllabification(key): su‧mu
Noun
sumu
- fog, mist
- (astronomy) nebula
Usage notes
The words sumu, usva and utu all describe "water vapor lightly suspended near the ground", but – strictly speaking – at different degrees. However, they may often be used synonymously with no discretion.
- Utu describes very light vapor near the ground, especially that occurring in the morning and therefore it is translated usually as "mist" or "haze".
- Usva describes a bit thicker vapor than utu near the ground, especially when considering the water travelling conditions. Therefore, it is translated usually as "mist", "haze" or "fog".
- Sumu describes very thick vapor obscuring the visibility near the ground and thus, it is translated usually as "mist" or "fog".
Declension
Inflection of sumu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | sumu | sumut | |
genitive | sumun | sumujen | |
partitive | sumua | sumuja | |
illative | sumuun | sumuihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sumu | sumut | |
accusative | nom. | sumu | sumut |
gen. | sumun | ||
genitive | sumun | sumujen | |
partitive | sumua | sumuja | |
inessive | sumussa | sumuissa | |
elative | sumusta | sumuista | |
illative | sumuun | sumuihin | |
adessive | sumulla | sumuilla | |
ablative | sumulta | sumuilta | |
allative | sumulle | sumuille | |
essive | sumuna | sumuina | |
translative | sumuksi | sumuiksi | |
instructive | — | sumuin | |
abessive | sumutta | sumuitta | |
comitative | — | sumuineen |
Possessive forms of sumu (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | sumuni | sumumme |
2nd person | sumusi | sumunne |
3rd person | sumunsa |
Anagrams
- musu
Japanese
Romanization
sumu
- Rōmaji transcription of すむ
Swahili
Etymology
From Arabic سُمّ (summ).
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
sumu (n class, plural sumu)
- poison
- venom
Descendants
- → Kikuyu: thumu
Ternate
Etymology
From Malay sumur, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦩꦸꦂ (sumur), from Old Javanese sumur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈsu.mu]
Noun
sumu
- a well
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Yakan
Adverb
sumu
- tomorrow