kum

kum

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Kumyk.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Kumyk terms

From kú (“thy”) +‎ -m.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkum/ [ˈkʊm]
• Hyphenation: kum

kúm (predicative kúumu or kuumú)

1. thine, yours

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “kum”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 67
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

From Proto-Turkic *kum (“sand”)

kum (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. sand

From Proto-Turkic *kum.

kum

1. sand

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kum”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

kum (Raguileo spelling)

1. Of dark red colour.

• kem (Föhr-Amrum)
• kaame (Mooring)

From Old Frisian koma, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną.

kum

1. (Sylt) to come

From Middle Low German kum, kumme (compare German Low German Kumme (“bowl”)).

• IPA^(key): /kum/
• Rhymes: -um

kum m (definite singular kummen, indefinite plural kummer, definite plural kummene)

1. sink
2. manhole

• mannhull (manhole)

• “kum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German kum, kumme (compare German Low German Kumme (“bowl”)).

• IPA^(key): /kum/
• Rhymes: -um

kum m (definite singular kummen, indefinite plural kummar, definite plural kummane)

1. sink
2. manhole

• “kum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkum/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -um
• Syllabification: kum

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kumъ, from earlier *kъmotrъ, from Latin compater.

kum m pers (female equivalent kuma or kumoszka or (dialectal) kumola)

1. godfather
2. (colloquial) chum

Onomatopoeic.

kum

1. ribbit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

kum f

1. genitive plural of kuma

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

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kumъ, from earlier *kъmotrъ, from Latin compater.

• IPA^(key): /kûːm/

kȗm m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑м)

1. godfather
2. best man

   vjenčani kum ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• vjenčani svjedok (best man)

• “kum”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوم (Turkish kum (“sand”)).

• IPA^(key): /kûm/

kȕm m (Cyrillic spelling ку̏м)

1. (uncountable) sand

   Synonym: pijesak

• “kum”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Serbo-Croatian kum.

• IPA^(key): /kûːm/

kum m

1. godfather
   • 2010, Natalina Spadanuda, Le renard et le loup:

     Kum, ja znam di je na masarija di, unutra, jesu čuda stvari za jist. Što gorivaš, šma po?

     Godfather, I know where there is a farm where there are many things to eat inside. What do you say, shall we go?

• Breu, W., Mader Skender, M. B. & Piccoli, G. 2013. Oral texts in Molise Slavic (Italy): Acquaviva Collecroce. In Adamou, E., Breu, W., Drettas, G. & Scholze, L. (eds.). 2013. EuroSlav2010: Elektronische Datenbank bedrohter slavischer Varietäten in nichtslavophonen Ländern Europas – Base de données électronique de variétés slaves menacées dans des pays européens non slavophones. Konstanz: Universität / Paris: Lacito (Internet Publication).

kum

1. Romanization of 𒄣 (kum)

kum m

1. tuft of hair

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish قوم (kum, “sand, gravel”), from Proto-Turkic *kum (“sand”).

• IPA^(key): /kum/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kum

kum (definite accusative kumu, plural kumlar)

1. sand

Inflection
Nominative	kum
Definite accusative	kumu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	kum	kumlar
Definite accusative	kumu	kumları
Dative	kuma	kumlara
Locative	kumda	kumlarda
Ablative	kumdan	kumlardan
Genitive	kumun	kumların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular kumum kumlarım 2nd singular kumun kumların 3rd singular kumu kumları 1st plural kumumuz kumlarımız 2nd plural kumunuz kumlarınız 3rd plural kumları kumları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular kumumu kumlarımı 2nd singular kumunu kumlarını 3rd singular kumunu kumlarını 1st plural kumumuzu kumlarımızı 2nd plural kumunuzu kumlarınızı 3rd plural kumlarını kumlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular kumuma kumlarıma 2nd singular kumuna kumlarına 3rd singular kumuna kumlarına 1st plural kumumuza kumlarımıza 2nd plural kumunuza kumlarınıza 3rd plural kumlarına kumlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular kumumda kumlarımda 2nd singular kumunda kumlarında 3rd singular kumunda kumlarında 1st plural kumumuzda kumlarımızda 2nd plural kumunuzda kumlarınızda 3rd plural kumlarında kumlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular kumumdan kumlarımdan 2nd singular kumundan kumlarından 3rd singular kumundan kumlarından 1st plural kumumuzdan kumlarımızdan 2nd plural kumunuzdan kumlarınızdan 3rd plural kumlarından kumlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular kumumun kumlarımın 2nd singular kumunun kumlarının 3rd singular kumunun kumlarının 1st plural kumumuzun kumlarımızın 2nd plural kumunuzun kumlarınızın 3rd plural kumlarının kumlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular kumum kumlarım 2nd singular kumsun kumlarsın 3rd singular kum kumdur kumlar kumlardır 1st plural kumuz kumlarız 2nd plural kumsunuz kumlarsınız 3rd plural kumlar kumlardır

kúm, kŭm

1. water

• Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 19