numa

See also: Numa, numã, and n'uma

Ainu

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nùꜛmá/

Noun

numa (Kana spelling ヌマ, possessed form numaha)

  1. (anatomy) body hair, fur

See also

References
  • John Batchelor (1905) An Ainu-English-Japanese dictionary (including a grammar of the Ainu language)‎, Tokyo, London: Methodist Publishing House; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co., page 298

Japanese

Romanization

numa

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ぬま

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch nu maar, nu means “now” and maar means “just”.

Adverb

numa

  1. but
  2. only
  3. just

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnũ.mɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnu.ma/

Contraction

numa f sg

  1. Contraction of em uma (“in a (feminine)”): feminine singular of num
    • 1915, Alberto Caeiro (Fernando Pessoa), “É noite”:
      É noite. A noite é muito escura. Numa casa a uma grande distancia. Brilha a luz d'uma janella.
      It's night. The night is very dark. In a house a great distance away. The light from a window shines.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:num.

Romanian

Adverb

numa

  1. alternative typography of numa’
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