chuma
التعريفات والمعاني
== Bondei ==
=== Etymology ===
From Swahili chuma.
=== Noun ===
chuma
iron
== Chichewa ==
=== Etymology ===
A wanderwort ultimately from Swahili chuma (“iron”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃu.má/
=== Noun ===
chumá class 7
wealth
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster) IPA(key): /ˈxumˠə/
(Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈxɞmˠə/, /ˈxomˠə/, /ˈxumˠə/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈxɞmˠə/
=== Noun ===
chuma
lenited form of cuma
=== Adjective ===
chuma
lenited form of cuma
=== References ===
== Meru ==
=== Etymology ===
From Swahili chuma.
=== Noun ===
chuma
iron
== Mwani ==
=== Etymology ===
From Swahili chuma.
=== Noun ===
chuma class 7 (plural vyuma)
iron
ironware
== Shona ==
=== Etymology ===
A wanderwort ultimately from Swahili chuma (“iron”).
=== Noun ===
chumá class 7
bead(s)
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃuma/ [ˈt͡ʃu.ma]
Rhymes: -uma
Syllabification: chu‧ma
=== Adjective ===
chuma f sg
feminine singular of chumo
== Swahili ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀jʊ́mà.
==== Noun ====
chuma class VII (plural vyuma class VIII)
iron
Synonym: hadidi
ironware (something made of iron)
(slang) girlfriend
===== Descendants =====
→ Kikuyu: cuma
==== References ====
Klein-Arendt, Reinhard (2000), “The Iron Crafts of the Swahili from the Perspective of Historical Semantics”, in Swahili Forum[1], volume 7, pages 153–204
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-cuma, from Common Bantu *-cʊ̀(ʊ)ma (“to buy food”). Cognate with Giryama -tsuma (“to trade”) and Kipfokomo -tsuma .
==== Verb ====
-chuma (infinitive kuchuma)
to gather, collect
to earn, make money
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
Verbal derivations:
Applicative: -chumia
Nominal derivations:
mchumi (“economist”)
uchumi (“economy; economics”)
== Xhosa ==
=== Verb ===
-chuma?
flourish
==== Inflection ====
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
== Zimba ==
=== Etymology ===
From Swahili chuma.
=== Noun ===
chuma
iron (chemical element)