fumu

See also: fùmǔ

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin fūmus.

Noun

fumu m (plural fumos)

1. alternative form of fumo

Corsican

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmus.

Noun

fumu m (plural fumi)

1. smoke

Further reading

• “fumu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfumu/

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• Rhymes: -umu
• Syllabification: fu‧mu

Verb

fumu

1. imperative of fumi

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese fumo. Cognate with Kabuverdianu fumu.

Noun

fumu

1. smoke

Japanese

Romanization

fumu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ふむ
2. Rōmaji transcription of フム

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese fumo.

Noun

fumu

1. smoke

Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmus.

Noun

fumu m

1. smoke

References

• “fumu”, in Diccionario Castellano-Leonés / Leonés-Castellano [Spanish-Leonese / Leonese-Spanish Dictionary] (in Spanish), La Asociación L'Alderique, 2012–2026
• “fumu”, in Pallabreiru Llïonés [Leonese Dictionary] (in Spanish), 2026

Tumbuka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kúmú (“chief”).

Noun

fumu class 9 (plural mafumu class 6)

1. chief

Derived terms

• Fumu (“Lord (God), first of twins if male”)
• fumukazi (“chieftainess, queen”)
• mfumu (“husband”)
• ufumu (“chiefship, rule, kingdom”)

References

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[1], Central Africana Limited, page 29