sumo

See also: Sumo, SuMo, SUMO, sumó, sumô, sumō, súmó, and Appendix:Variations of "sumo"

English

Etymology

From Japanese 相(す)撲(もう) (sumō).

Pronunciation

• enPR: soo͞'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːməʊ/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːməʊ

Noun

sumo (countable and uncountable, plural sumo or sumos)

Sumo wrestlers gathering in a circle.

1. (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
2. (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler)

Derived terms

• kanjin-sumo

Translations

form of wrestling

• Arabic: سُومُو‎ m (sūmū)
• Armenian: սումո (hy) (sumo)
• Belarusian: сумо́ n (sumó)
• Bengali: সুমো (śumo)
• Bulgarian: сумо́ (sumó)
• Burmese: ဆူမို (hcumui)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相撲 (zh), 相扑 (zh) (xiāngpū)

• Esperanto: sumoo
• Finnish: sumopaini (fi), sumo (fi)
• French: sumo (fr) m
• Georgian: სუმო (sumo)
• German: Sumo n
• Greek: σούμο (el) n (soúmo)
• Hindi: सूमो (sūmo)
• Hungarian: szumó (hu)
• Icelandic: súmóglíma f
• Indonesian: sumo (id)
• Italian: sumo (it) m
• Japanese: 相撲 (ja) (すもう, sumō)
• Korean: 스모 (seumo)
• Malay: sumo
• Marathi: सुमो (sumo)
• Mongolian: сумо (mn) (sumo), сүмо (sümo)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sumo (no) m

  Nynorsk: sumo m

• Persian: سومو‎ (sumō)
• Polish: sumo (pl) n
• Portuguese: sumô (pt) m (Brazil), sumo (pt) m (Portugal)
• Russian: сумо́ (ru) n (sumó)
• Spanish: sumo (es) m
• Swedish: sumobrottning c
• Tagalog: sumo
• Thai: ซูโม่ (suu-môo)
• Ukrainian: сумо́ n (sumó)

sumo wrestler

• Esperanto: sumoisto
• Finnish: sumopainija (fi)
• French: sumotori (fr) m
• Indonesian: pesumo (id)
• Mongolian: сумоч (sumoč)
• Polish: sumita (pl) m
• Swedish: sumobrottare c

Anagrams

• MOUs, MoUs, Mous, muso, soum

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mu/

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative form of sumar

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Adjective

sumo

1. monotonous; tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
2. slow-burning

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

sumo (accusative singular sumon, plural sumoj, accusative plural sumojn)

1. sum

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Finnish

Etymology

< Japanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/, [ˈs̠umo̞]
• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification^(key): su‧mo

Noun

sumo

1. (sports) sumo (wrestling style of Japanese origin)

Declension

Inflection of sumo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		sumo	sumot
genitive		sumon	sumojen
partitive		sumoa	sumoja
illative		sumoon	sumoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sumo	sumot
accusative	nom.	sumo	sumot
	gen.	sumon
genitive		sumon	sumojen
partitive		sumoa	sumoja
inessive		sumossa	sumoissa
elative		sumosta	sumoista
illative		sumoon	sumoihin
adessive		sumolla	sumoilla
ablative		sumolta	sumoilta
allative		sumolle	sumoille
essive		sumona	sumoina
translative		sumoksi	sumoiksi
instructive		—	sumoin
abessive		sumotta	sumoitta
comitative		—	sumoineen

Possessive forms of sumo (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sumoni	sumomme
2nd person	sumosi	sumonne
3rd person	sumonsa

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.mo/, /su.mo/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. sumo
2. sumotori

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Galician

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

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Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (すもう, sumō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.mo/
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Verb

sumo

1. (sports) sumo (Japanese traditional wrestling).

Derived terms

• pesumo (a sumo wrestler)

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: sù‧mo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Noun

sumo m (invariable)

1. sumo (Japanese wrestling)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumere

Anagrams

• muso, musò

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Latin

Etymology

From *susmō < *subs(e)mō, from sub- +‎ emō (“to buy, take”), with excrescent p in sūmpsī and sūmptum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.moː/, [ˈs̠uːmoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/, [ˈsuːmo]

Verb

sūmō (present infinitive sūmere, perfect active sūmpsī, supine sūmptum); third conjugation

1. I take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate.
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.537-538:

     parva mora est, caelum vātēs ac nūmina sūmit
     fitque suī tōtō pectore plēna deī

     There is a brief pause; the prophetess assumes the divine powers of heaven, and in all her soul she is made full of her deity.
     (The prophetess is Carmenta.)

2. I undertake, begin, enter upon.
3. I exact satisfaction, inflict punishment.
4. I choose, select.
5. I obtain, acquire, receive, get, take.
6. I use, apply, employ, spend, consume.
7. I adopt; borrow.
8. I buy, purchase.
9. I accept, presuppose, establish as a principle.
10. I fascinate, charm.
11. I put on
12. I take heart.

Conjugation

Conjugation of sūmō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sūmō	sūmis	sūmit	sūmimus	sūmitis	sūmunt
	imperfect	sūmēbam	sūmēbās	sūmēbat	sūmēbāmus	sūmēbātis	sūmēbant
	future	sūmam	sūmēs	sūmet	sūmēmus	sūmētis	sūment
	perfect	sūmpsī	sūmpsistī	sūmpsit	sūmpsimus	sūmpsistis	sūmpsērunt, sūmpsēre
	pluperfect	sūmpseram	sūmpserās	sūmpserat	sūmpserāmus	sūmpserātis	sūmpserant
	future perfect	sūmpserō	sūmpseris	sūmpserit	sūmpserimus	sūmpseritis	sūmpserint
	sigmatic future1	surempsō	surempsis	surempsit	surempsimus	surempsitis	surempsint
passive	present	sūmor	sūmeris, sūmere	sūmitur	sūmimur	sūmiminī	sūmuntur
	imperfect	sūmēbar	sūmēbāris, sūmēbāre	sūmēbātur	sūmēbāmur	sūmēbāminī	sūmēbantur
	future	sūmar	sūmēris, sūmēre	sūmētur	sūmēmur	sūmēminī	sūmentur
	perfect	sūmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	sūmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	sūmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sūmam	sūmās	sūmat	sūmāmus	sūmātis	sūmant
	imperfect	sūmerem	sūmerēs	sūmeret	sūmerēmus	sūmerētis	sūmerent
	perfect	sūmpserim	sūmpserīs	sūmpserit	sūmpserīmus	sūmpserītis	sūmpserint
	pluperfect	sūmpsissem	sūmpsissēs	sūmpsisset	sūmpsissēmus	sūmpsissētis	sūmpsissent
	sigmatic aorist1	surempsim	surempsīs	surempsīt	surempsīmus	surempsītis	surempsint
passive	present	sūmar	sūmāris, sūmāre	sūmātur	sūmāmur	sūmāminī	sūmantur
	imperfect	sūmerer	sūmerēris, sūmerēre	sūmerētur	sūmerēmur	sūmerēminī	sūmerentur
	perfect	sūmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	sūmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	sūme	—	—	sūmite	—
	future	—	sūmitō	sūmitō	—	sūmitōte	sūmuntō
passive	present	—	sūmere	—	—	sūmiminī	—
	future	—	sūmitor	sūmitor	—	—	sūmuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sūmere	sūmpsisse	sūmptūrum esse	sūmī	sūmptum esse	sūmptum īrī
participles		sūmēns	—	sūmptūrus	—	sūmptus	sūmendus, sūmundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		sūmendī	sūmendō	sūmendum	sūmendō	sūmptum	sūmptū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

Synonyms

• (seize): apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, teneō, capiō, arripiō
• (acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, impetrō, mereō, teneō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, potior, inveniō, colligō, alliciō
• (purchase): emo, comparo
• (begin): incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, committō, exorior, moveō, mōlior
• (accept): accipio, recipio, ascīscō, concipio
• (select): dēsūmō, dēligō, ēligō, adoptō, optō, sēpōnō legō, dēstinō, capiō, creō
• (assume): adhibeō, assūmō, adoptō, suscipiō, induō, accipiō, indūcō, ineō, aggredior
• (undertake): ineo, obeo
• (use): utor, adhibeō, occupō, ūsūrpō, vēscor
• (consume): abutor, accido
• (put on): vēlō, saepiō, induō, indūcō

Antonyms

• (purchase): vendo, addico, dēferō
• (begin): subsistō, dēsistō, cessō, remittō
• (acquire): āmittō
• (put on): nūdō, spoliō

Derived terms

• absūmō
• adsūmō
• assūmō
• cōnsūmō
• dēsūmō
• īnsūmō
• praesūmō
• resūmō
• subsūmō
• sūmptiō
• sūmptitō
• sūmptus
• trānsūmō

 

Descendants

• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: sumir
  • → Italian: sumere
• Inherited: (all meaning 'submerge' or similar)
  • Old Portuguese: somir, sumir
    • Galician: sumir
    • Portuguese: sumir
  • Old Spanish: somir, sumir
    • Spanish: sumir

References

• “sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sumo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2023) Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• sumo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
    
  • to take something into one's hands: in manus(m) sumere aliquid
    
  • to take poison: venenum sumere, bibere
    
  • to commence a thing: initium facere, ducere, sumere (alicuius rei)
    
  • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • to take a lesson from some one's example: sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo or exemplum capere de aliquo
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to assume a thing: sumere (opp. reicere) aliquid
    
  • to take up a book in one's hands: librum in manus sumere
    
  • to be haughty: magnos spiritus sibi sumere (B. G. 1. 33)
    
  • to take upon oneself: sibi sumere aliquid (Planc. 1. 3)
    
  • to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere
    
  • to take food: cibum sumere, capere
    
  • to borrow money from some one: pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquo
    
  • to assume a despotic tone: regios spiritus sibi sumere
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    
  • to execute the death-sentence on a person: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    
  • to take up one's arms: arma capere, sumere
    
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɔ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -umɔ
• Syllabification: su‧mo

Noun

sumo n (indeclinable)

1. sumo

Derived terms

noun

• sumita

 

Further reading

• sumo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sumo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsũ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsũ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mu/

• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Etymology 1

sumo

Borrowed from Latin summus.

Adjective

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest

Derived terms

• sumamente

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. summit, top

   Synonyms: cume, cimo

Etymology 2

sumo

From Old Portuguese çumo, from Arabic زُوم‎ (zūm, “juice, sap”), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). Cognate of Galician zume and Spanish zumo.

Noun

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. (Portugal) juice

   Synonym: (Brasil) suco

Etymology 3

sumo

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

Alternative forms

• sumô (Brazilian)

Noun

sumo m (uncountable) (European spelling)

1. (martial arts) sumo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Further reading

• “sumo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/ [ˈsu.mo]
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: su‧mo
• Homophone: (Latin America) zumo

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

Adjective

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest, superlative

   Caifás era sumo sacerdote.

   Caiaphas was the high priest.

2. utmost

Derived terms

• a lo sumo
• sumamente
• suma sacerdotisa
• sumo sacerdote

 

Related terms

• suma
• somero

Etymology 2

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

Etymology 3

Verb

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Etymology 4

From Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

Noun

sumo m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) sumo

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Further reading

• “sumo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014