comu

See also: comú, cómu, and čomu

Fala

Alternative forms

• cumu (Lagarteiru, Mañegu)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese como (“how; in what way”), from Latin cōmō̆, a non-literary variant of quōmodō̆ (“how”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkomu/

Conjunction

comu

1. how (in which way; in such way)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     En esta época en que otras lenguas de España son recuñucias por tos cumu uficiais en sei territoriu […]

     In this time when other languages of Spain are recognised by everyone as official in their territory […]

2. like, as (in the same way that; according to what)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     I si “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris.

     And if “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is above borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties.

3. as, because, since (usually used in the beginning of sentences)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus:

     Cumu to é custión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu:

     As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as:

Adverb

comu

1. for example; such as; like (introduces a list of examples)
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Theme I, Chapter 2: Númerus:

     Cumu to é custión de proporciós, sin que sirva de argumentu por nun fel falta, poemus vel que en a misma Europa hai Estaus Soberarius con menus territoriu que os tres lugaris nossus, cumu:

     As everything is a matter of proportions, without its presence being an argument, we can see that even in Europe there are Sovereign States with less territory than our three places, such as:

See also

• cómu (“how?”)

References

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔmu/

Pronoun

comu

1. dative of co

Portuguese

Etymology

Clipping of comunidade (“community”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /koˈmu/

• Hyphenation: co‧mu

Noun

comu f (plural comus)

1. (Internet slang, 2000s) community; group (group and discussion forum within a social network)

   Synonyms: comunidade, grupo