different between dum vs duma

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?m/
• Homophone: dumb
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology 1

From Hindi ?? (dam).

Adjective

dum (not comparable)

1. (India, cooking) cooked with steam

Etymology 2

Interjection

dum

1. Syllable used when humming a tune.
   • 2012, Graeme Burk, Robert Smith, Who is the Doctor

     I like to hang out with friends and travel the world. But if there's one thing I really love, it's Doctor Who. Dum de dum, dum de dum, dum de dum. Whooo-eee-oooo dum de dum, de dum de dum.

Etymology 3

Adjective

dum

1. (nonstandard, humorous) Alternative spelling of dumb.

Anagrams

• DMU, MUD, UMD, mud

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr (“dumb”), and in the main sense stupid from German dumm. Both from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-. Compare Norwegian and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Low German dumm, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dom/, [d??m?]
• Rhymes: -?m

Adjective

dum

1. stupid, dense, dumb, thick, dim
2. foolish, silly, daft

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/
• Hyphenation: dum
• Audio:

Preposition

dum

1. for

2. during
3. while
4. whereas

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto dum, from Latin dum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/

Preposition

dum

1. during, in (a period of time)

Derived terms

• dume (“meanwhile, meantime”)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *dom, from Proto-Indo-European *dom.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dum/, [d????]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dum/, [d?um]

Conjunction

dum

1. while, whilst, as, meanwhile

2. until, long enough for (with subjunctive)
3. as long as

4. so long as, provided that
5. during (before a verbal substantive)

Usage notes

Most often used with the present indicative forms of verbs.

Derived terms

References

• dum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• dum in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Maia

Adjective

dum

1. wet

Middle English

Adjective

dum

1. Alternative form of dumb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-. Compare English dumb, Danish dum and Swedish dum, Icelandic dumbur, Dutch dom, German dumm.

Adjective

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummere, indefinite superlative dummest, definite superlative dummeste)

1. foolish
2. stupid, silly

Derived terms

• dumhet

References

• “dum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-.

Adjective

dum (neuter singular dumt, definite singular and plural dumme, comparative dummare, indefinite superlative dummast, definite superlative dummaste)

1. foolish
2. stupid, silly

References

• “dum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Alternative forms

• dun

Etymology

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

Noun

dum m

1. down, feathers of small birds used as insulation material in duvets and sleeping bags

Descendants

• Middle French: dun
• Norman: dùn
• ? Old French: dumet, dumect
  • Norman: dumet, deumet
  • ? Old French: duvet
    • Middle French: duvet
      • French: duvet
        • ? English: duvet
    • Norman: duvet

Old Irish

Noun

dum

1. Alternative form of daum

Mutation

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dum/

Noun

dum f

1. genitive plural of duma

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'um (dated)

Etymology

From earlier d'um, from de (“of”) + um (“a”, masculine singular indefinite article).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /d?/
• (Portugal, following an oral sound) IPA^(key): [ð?]
• Rhymes: -?

Contraction

dum m (feminine duma, masculine plural duns, feminine plural dumas)

1. Contraction of de um (“pertaining or relating to a”).; of a; from a (masculine singular)

Usage notes

The contraction of de + um / uma is never obligatory and sometimes associated with spoken language. In a few cases it is not possible:

1. When de is part of a preposition, as in em vez de:

   Em vez de um escalão ter três anos, ...

2. When um is a numeral:

   Trata-se de um ou dois dias.

References

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dumb, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz. More at dumb.

Adjective

dum

1. stupid; dumb

   Synonym: hoolich

Derived terms

• Dumstolt

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dumber, from Old Norse dumbr, from Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-. Compare Norwegian dumb, Danish dum, Icelandic dumbur, English dumb, Dutch dom and German dumm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?m?/

Adjective

dum (comparative dummare, superlative dummast)

1. stupid, dumb
2. (childish) mean, cruel

Declension

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ??? (dom)

Noun

dum (plural dumlar)

1. tail

English

Alternative forms

• Duma

Etymology

From Russian ????? (dúma, “elective legislative assembly; originally: thought”), ultimately of Germanic origin. Doublet of doom. The drink is named after the legislative assembly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dum?/
• 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

• Maud, maud, muda

Bikol Central

Noun

duma

1. tuber

Hausa

Noun

dum? m (plural dum??m?, possessed form duman)

1. calabash, gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

Verb

dum?? (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): [?dum?]
• Hyphenation: du?ma
• Rhymes: -m?

Etymology 1

From the Russian ????? (dúma, “duma”).

Noun

duma (plural dumák)

1. duma

Declension

Etymology 2

From Romani dum? (“speech”), from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *duma.

Noun

duma (plural dumák)

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

Declension

Derived terms

• dumál

Latvian

Adjective

duma

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

Polish

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *duma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du.ma/
• Hyphenation: du?ma

Noun

duma f

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

Declension

Verb

duma

1. third-person singular present of duma?

Further reading

• duma in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• duma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d'uma (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /?du.m?/

Contraction

duma f (feminine plural dumas, masculine dum, masculine plural duns)

1. Contraction of de uma (“pertaining or relating to a”).of a; from a (feminine singular)
   • 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

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): /dú?ma/

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 *-d??ma, 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)”