kumu

kum- +‎ -u; related to kumina, kumea, kumista and kumajaa, likely ultimately onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumu/, [ˈkumu]
• Rhymes: -umu
• Hyphenation^(key): ku‧mu

kumu

1. rumble

• “kumu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• muku

From Proto-Oceanic *tumu (compare with Maori tumu and Tahitian tumu).

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.mu/

kumu

1. teacher
2. basis, foundation
3. source, cause

• Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “tumu”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
• Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “kumu”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 182

kumu

1. Rōmaji transcription of くむ

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kumu

1. vegetable
   • 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics‎^[2], →ISBN, page 433:

     Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.

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