sumu

See also: šumu and šūmū

English

Etymology

From Chinese 蘇木／苏木 (sūmù), from Mongolian ᠰᠤᠮᠤ (sumu), from Manchu ᠨᡳᡵᡠ (niru, “a large arrow, militia company, district”). Ultimately from Proto-Mongolic *sumun (“arrow”).

Noun

sumu (plural sumu or sumus)

1. Alternative form of sum (“Mongolian administrative division”), sometimes used in relation to Inner Mongolia.

Anagrams

• USUM, umus

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *sumun, compare Mongolian сум (sum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /suˈmu/, [suˈmu]

Noun

sumu

1. arrow

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sumu. Related to sumea, Ingrian sumu, Karelian sumu , Veps sumeg. May be also cognate to Moksha сюне (sjune). Possible non-Finnic cognates include Northern Sami sopmu (probably borrowed from Finnic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumu/, [ˈs̠umu]
• Rhymes: -umu
• Syllabification^(key): su‧mu

Noun

sumu

1. fog, mist
2. (astronomy) nebula

Usage notes

The words sumu, usva and utu all describe "water vapor lightly suspended near the ground", but – strictly speaking – at different degrees. However, they may often be used synonymously with no discretion.

• Utu describes very light vapor near the ground, especially that occurring in the morning and therefore it is translated usually as "mist" or "haze".
• Usva describes a bit thicker vapor than utu near the ground, especially when considering the water travelling conditions. Therefore, it is translated usually as "mist", "haze" or "fog".
• Sumu describes very thick vapor obscuring the visibility near the ground and thus, it is translated usually as "mist" or "fog".

Declension

Inflection of sumu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		sumu	sumut
genitive		sumun	sumujen
partitive		sumua	sumuja
illative		sumuun	sumuihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sumu	sumut
accusative	nom.	sumu	sumut
	gen.	sumun
genitive		sumun	sumujen
partitive		sumua	sumuja
inessive		sumussa	sumuissa
elative		sumusta	sumuista
illative		sumuun	sumuihin
adessive		sumulla	sumuilla
ablative		sumulta	sumuilta
allative		sumulle	sumuille
essive		sumuna	sumuina
translative		sumuksi	sumuiksi
instructive		—	sumuin
abessive		sumutta	sumuitta
comitative		—	sumuineen

Possessive forms of sumu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	sumuni	sumumme
2nd person	sumusi	sumunne
3rd person	sumunsa

Derived terms

• aamusumu
• emissiosumu
• haihtumissumu
• heijastussumu
• hernerokkasumu
• höyrysumu
• jääsumu
• kaasusumu
• kierteissumu
• kissansilmäsumu
• kyynelsumu
• merisumu
• Orionin sumu
• planetaarinen sumu
• rengassumu
• savusumu
• sekoitussumu
• siirtymäsumu
• sumuaine
• sumuharso
• sumukammio
• sumukuivaus
• sumukuvu
• sumumerkki
• sumupaalu
• sumupeite
• sumupilvi
• sumupisara
• sumusireeni
• sumusuihku
• sumutorvi
• sumuvaippa
• sumuvalo
• sumuvarjo
• sumuverho
• säteilysumu
• takasumuvalo
• tähtisumu

 

Anagrams

• musu

Japanese

Romanization

sumu

1. Rōmaji transcription of すむ

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic سُمّ‎ (summ).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

sumu (n class, plural sumu)

1. poison
2. venom

Descendants

• → Kikuyu: thumu

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay sumur, from Javanese ꦱꦸꦩꦸꦂ (sumur), from Old Javanese sumur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsu.mu]

Noun

sumu

1. a well

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Yakan

Adverb

sumu

1. tomorrow