うむ

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of うむ – see the following entries.

【有無】 [noun] existence, presence or absence

【生む】 [verb] to give birth to, to bear (a child), (of eggs) to lay, (of fish) to spawn [verb] 産む: (of a mother) to deliver (a child) [verb] to produce (something) Alternative spelling 産む

【倦む】 [verb] get tired of, lose interest in

【膿む】 [verb] [from 828] to fester, to suppurate, to pustulate

(This term, うむ (umu), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as うむ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うむ.

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Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うむ [úꜜmù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mɯ̟]

Interjection

うむ • (umu) 

1. synonym of うん