kumu

== Finnish == === Etymology === kum- +‎ -u; related to kumina, kumea, kumista and kumajaa, likely ultimately onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkumu/, [ˈkumu] Rhymes: -umu Syllabification(key): ku‧mu Hyphenation(key): ku‧mu === Noun === kumu rumble ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “kumu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === muku == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Oceanic *tumu (compare with Māori tumu and Tahitian tumu). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈku.mu/ === Noun === kumu teacher basis, foundation source, cause ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tumu”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9 Pukui, Mary Kawena; Elbert, Samuel H. (1986), “kumu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 182 == Japanese == === Romanization === kumu Rōmaji transcription of くむ == Malas == === Noun === kumu head === References === Pick, Andrew (2019), “Yamben: A previously undocumented language of Madang”, in 5th Workshop on the Languages of Papua‎[3], Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia (calls the language Manep) == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkumu/ [ˈkʉmʉ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *kumu (compare with Tahitian ʻumu “to squeeze juice out [of a fruit]”) ~ *kumi(t) (Tahitian ʻuʻumi “to clench one's fist”, Samoan ʻūmia, Tongan kūmia) from Proto-Oceanic *gumu(t) or *gogom. Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *gəmgəm (“fist; hold in the fist” – compare with Malay genggam, Ilocano gemgém).. ==== Verb ==== kumu (passive kumua or kumungia or kumutia) to clench, to close one's hand tightly into a fist to hold or carry an object with fingers closing around it Synonym: rawhi to close or shut one's mouth to hold one's breath ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== kumu anus buttocks === Further reading === Williams, Herbert William (1917), “kumu”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 182 John C. Moorfield (2011), “kumu”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === kumu vegetable == Yamben == === Noun === kumu head === References === Pick, Andrew (2019), “Yamben: A previously undocumented language of Madang”, in 5th Workshop on the Languages of Papua‎[5], Universitas Negeri Papua, Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia