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duma

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English

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Alternative forms

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

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.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

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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

More information absolutive, predicative ...

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), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
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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
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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
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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
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Derived terms
Compound words
  • dumafranci
  • dumagép
  • dumaparti

Further reading

  • (duma): duma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (talk, chat): duma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • duma in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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Kituba

Verb

duma

  1. to thunder

Latvian

Adjective

duma

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

More information Case \ Number, Singular ...

References

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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
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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
More information singular, plural ...

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
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Portuguese

Alternative forms

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:
      Deixe-me agora, leitor, contar-lhe uma história — a história duma boneca!
      Now let me, reader, tell you a story - the story of a doll!

Southern Ndebele

Relative

-dúma

  1. tasteless, flavourless

Inflection

More information modifier, copulative ...

Swahili

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Pronunciation

Noun

duma class IX (plural duma class X)

  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
More information modifier, copulative ...

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
More information positive, negative ...

References

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