numa

== Ainu == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nùꜛmá/ === Noun === numa (Kana spelling ヌマ, possessed form numaha) (anatomy) body hair, fur === See also === otop (“head hair”) rutu (dialectal) === References === John Batchelor (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎[2], Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 298 == Japanese == === Romanization === numa Rōmaji transcription of ぬま == Ktunaxa == === Alternative recordings === nú·ma (by Kramer) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /numa/ === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === numa (nu.ma) (meteorology) thunder, lightning (mythology) thunderbird, (a mythical creature in oral Ktunaxa tradition) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === == Papiamentu == === Etymology === From Dutch nu maar, nu means “now” and maar means “just”. === Adverb === numa but only just == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === n'uma (pre-standardization spelling) nũa (“obsolete”) === Pronunciation === === Contraction === numa f sg contraction of em +‎ uma, literally “in a (feminine)”: feminine singular of num 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”: ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:num. == Romanian == === Adverb === numa (nonstandard) alternative typography of numa’