numa

See also: Numa, numã, and n'uma

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nùꜛmá/

Noun

numa (Kana spelling ヌマ, possessed form numaha)

1. (anatomy) body hair, fur

See also

• otop (“head hair”)
• rutu (dialectal)

References

• John Batchelor (1905), An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎^[2], Tokyo; London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 298

Japanese

Romanization

numa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬま

Ktunaxa

Alternative recordings

• nú·ma (by Kramer)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /numa/

Etymology

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Noun

numa (nu.ma)

1. (meteorology) thunder, lightning
2. (mythology) thunderbird, (a mythical creature in oral Ktunaxa tradition)

Derived terms

• ʔa·k̓aⱡmukwatit̓isnuma (“lightning”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch nu maar, nu means “now” and maar means “just”.

Adverb

numa

1. but
2. only
3. just

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• n'uma (pre-standardization spelling)
• nũa (“obsolete”)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ.ɐ/, /nũ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ.ɐ/, /nũ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ.ɐ/, /nũ.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnũ.ɐ/

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Contraction

numa f sg

2. contraction of em uma (“in a (feminine)”): feminine singular of num
   • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:

     É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.

     It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.

Romanian

Adverb

numa

1. (nonstandard) alternative typography of numa’