numa

See also: Numa, numã, and n'uma

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nùꜛmá/

Noun

numa (Kana spelling ヌマ)

1. body hair, fur

See also

• otop (“head hair”)

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Japanese

Romanization

numa

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬま

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Papiamentu

Etymology

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

Adverb

numa

1. but
2. only
3. just

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• n'uma (obsolete)
• nũa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnu.mɐ/

Contraction

numa

2. Contraction of em uma (“in a”). (feminine 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.

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Romanian

Adverb

numa

1. Alternative form of numai