numa

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See also: Numa, numã, and n'uma

Japanese

Romanization

numa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬま

Papiamentu

Etymology

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

Adverb

numa

  1. but
  2. only
  3. just

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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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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