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duma udma dmua mdua umda muda duam udam daum adum uadm audm dmau mdau damu admu madu amdu umad muad uamd aumd maud amud

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Definitions and meaning of duma

duma

Alternative forms

• Duma

Etymology

From Russian ду́ма (dúma, “elective legislative assembly”, originally: “thought”), Origin of the Slavic term is disputed. Either of Germanic origin. Doublet of doom. Or from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke”), akin to Proto-Slavic *duti (“to blow"), *dymъ (“smoke”). The drink is named after the legislative assembly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdumə/
• Hyphenation: du‧ma

Noun

duma (plural dumas)

1. A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
   • 1905, “Russian Duma” in The Outlook Volume 80, 989:

     Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees a “Gosudarstvennaia Duma,” or State Council. The elections for this Duma will cover the whole territory of the Empire, ...

2. A drink mixing wine and vodka.

Translations

Anagrams

• Damu, Maud, maud, muda

Afar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduma/, [ˈdʊmʌ]
• Hyphenation: du‧ma

Adverb

dúma

1. once upon a time
2. in the beginning

Postposition

dúma

1. (+ -k form) before

   Anú okmék dúma. ― Before I eat.

Noun

dúma m 

1. precedence
2. former time

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “dùma”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 37
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Bikol Central

Noun

duma

1. tuber

Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.máː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dɪ́.máː]

Noun

dumā m (plural dumā̀mē, possessed form duman)

1. calabash, gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dú.màː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [dɪ́.màː]

Verb

dumā̀ (grade 1)

1. To put one's mouth deeply into something
2. (with an indirect object) To strike a person with something

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdumɒ]
• Hyphenation: du‧ma
• Rhymes: -mɒ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Russian ду́ма (dúma, “duma”).

Noun

duma (usually uncountable, plural dumák)

1. (historical) duma

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Romani dùma (“speech”), from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *duma.

Noun

duma (countable and uncountable, plural dumák)

1. (colloquial) talk, chat
2. (colloquial) bullshit, lie

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• (duma): duma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (talk, chat): duma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• duma in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Kituba

Verb

duma

1. to thunder

Latvian

Adjective

duma

1. (dialectal form) genitive singular masculine of dums
2. (dialectal form) nominative singular feminine of dums

Northern Ndebele

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dùma.

Verb

-duma

1. to thunder, to rumble

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Northern Sotho

Etymology 1

Verb

duma

1. to want
2. to wish

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-dùma.

Verb

duma

1. to thunder

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit द्रुम (druma, “tree”).

Noun

duma m

1. tree

Declension

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “duma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead
• Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdu.ma/
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: du‧ma
• Homophone: Duma

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *duma. Doublet of Duma.

Noun

duma f

1. pride (sense of one's own worth, and abhorrence of what is beneath or unworthy of one)

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ukrainian ду́ма (dúma).

Noun

duma f

1. dumka (individual composition in the genre of instrumental folk music from Ukraine)

   Synonym: dumka

2. dumka (literary work based on such a composition)

   Synonym: dumka

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duma

1. third-person singular present of dumać

Further reading

• duma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• duma in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• duma in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'uma (dated)

Etymology

From earlier d'uma, de (“of”) + uma (“feminine singular indefinite article”).

Pronunciation

Contraction

duma f sg

1. Contraction of de uma (“of/from a (feminine)”): feminine singular of dum
   • 1877, Unknown, A boneca, compiled in Contos para a Infância, Guerra Junqueiro:

Southern Ndebele

Relative

-dúma

1. tasteless, flavourless

Inflection

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: du‧ma

Noun

duma (n class, plural duma)

1. cheetah

Zulu

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dúːma/

Relative

-dúma

1. tasteless, flavourless

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-dùma.

The expected reflex would be -vuma. It is likely that this is a back formation from indumo, from Proto-Bantu *-dʊ̀ma, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-dùma.

Verb

-duma

1. (intransitive) to be noisy
2. (intransitive) to roar, to thunder
3. (intransitive) to be famous, to be renowned

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “-duma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “-duma”
• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “duma”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “duma (8.3)”

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