kumme

See also: kümme

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• komme (many dialects)
• kuun, kunn, konn (Ripuarian; some Moselle Franconian dialects; chiefly dated)

Etymology

From Middle High German quemen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt. The form is a conflation of native kunn and German kommen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkumə/

Verb

kumme (third-person singular present kütt, past tense kom, past participle jekumme)

1. (some Ripuarian dialects, including Kölsch) to come
   • 1981, “Jraaduss”‎performed by BAP:

     Manchmol setz ich eröm un ich frooch mich, woröm
     Et su kumme mot, wie et kom, wie et jetz es.
     Un ich saach mer, datt et irjendwo wiggerjonn moss – jradus.

     Sometimes I sit around and I wonder why
     It had to come the way it came, the way it is now.
     And I tell myself that somehow it has to go on – straight ahead.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
• कुम्मे (Devanagari script)
• কুম্মে (Bengali script)
• කුම‍්මෙ (Sinhalese script)
• ကုမ္မေ or ၵုမ္မေ or ၵုမ်မေ (Burmese script)
• กุมฺเม or กุมเม (Thai script)
• ᨠᩩᨾ᩠ᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຸມ຺ເມ or ກຸມເມ (Lao script)
• កុម្មេ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)

Noun

kumme

1. inflection of kumma (“tortoise”):
   1. locative singular
   2. accusative plural

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German komen, from Old High German kweman. Compare German kommen, Dutch komen, English come.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʊmə/

Noun

kumme

1. to come

Conjugation

infinitive	kumme
past participle	iss kumme
future tense	waerd kumme
	present tense
1st person singular	kumm
2nd person singular	kummscht
3rd person singular	kummt
1st person  plural	kumme
2nd person plural	kummt
3rd person plural	kumme
imperative	kumm

Conjugation of kumme