sumaa

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Finnish

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Noun

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sumaa

  1. partitive singular of suma

Anagrams

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Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV sumaa
Brazilian standard sumaa
New Tribes sumaa

Pronunciation

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Verb

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sumaa (transitive)

  1. to kiss
  2. to breastfeed from, to suck, to nurse at

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sumaa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 398:[ṣ̌u:mạdï] 'suck, kiss' [] shu:madü 'to kiss, suck' [] shu:madü - to suck, to nurse