"kuum" meaning in Afar

See kuum in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkuːm/, [ˈkuːm]
Etymology: Related to Iraqw kuma, Somali kún, Oromo kuma and Saho koba. Etymology templates: {{cog|irk|kuma}} Iraqw kuma, {{cog|so|kún}} Somali kún, {{cog|om|kuma}} Oromo kuma, {{cog|ssy|koba}} Saho koba Head templates: {{head|aa|noun|||||||or||or||or||||or||or||or||or||f10accel-form=p|f10g=?|f11accel-form=p|f11g=?|f1accel-form=f|f2accel-form=m|f3accel-form=s|f3g=?|f4accel-form=s|f4g=?|f5accel-form=s|f5g=?|f6accel-form=s|f6g=?|f7accel-form=p|f7g=?|f8accel-form=p|f8g=?|f9accel-form=p|f9g=?|g=m|g2=|head=kúum}} kúum m, {{aa-noun|kúum|g=m}} kúum m Inflection templates: {{aa-decl|kúum|kúumu|kúum|kúum}} Forms: kúum [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], kúum [absolutive], kúumu [predicative], kúum [subjective], kúum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], kúumul [l-case, with-postposition], kúumuk [k-case, with-postposition], kúumut [t-case, with-postposition], kúumuh [h-case, with-postposition]
  1. myriad, billions
    Sense id: en-kuum-aa-noun-I78D~gRu Categories (other): Afar cardinal numbers, Afar entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Afar cardinal numbers: 86 14 Disambiguation of Afar entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (obsolete) thousand Tags: obsolete Synonyms (thousand): alfí
    Sense id: en-kuum-aa-noun-oK86SM-t Disambiguation of 'thousand': 0 100
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      "args": {
        "1": "irk",
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      },
      "expansion": "Iraqw kuma",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "kún"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali kún",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "kuma"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo kuma",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ssy",
        "2": "koba"
      },
      "expansion": "Saho koba",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to Iraqw kuma, Somali kún, Oromo kuma and Saho koba.",
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    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúum",
          "kuum#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumu",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumu",
          "kuumu#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúum",
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        [
          "kúum",
          "kuum#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúum",
          "kuum#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumul",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumul",
          "kuumul#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumuk",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumuk",
          "kuumuk#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumut",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumut",
          "kuumut#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumuh",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumuh",
          "kuumuh#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "h-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "",
        "11": "or",
        "12": "",
        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "or",
        "18": "",
        "19": "or",
        "2": "noun",
        "20": "",
        "21": "or",
        "22": "",
        "23": "or",
        "24": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "or",
        "f10accel-form": "p",
        "f10g": "?",
        "f11accel-form": "p",
        "f11g": "?",
        "f1accel-form": "f",
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        "f3accel-form": "s",
        "f3g": "?",
        "f4accel-form": "s",
        "f4g": "?",
        "f5accel-form": "s",
        "f5g": "?",
        "f6accel-form": "s",
        "f6g": "?",
        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f7g": "?",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f8g": "?",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
        "f9g": "?",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
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      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kúum",
        "g": "m"
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      "expansion": "kúum m",
      "name": "aa-noun"
    }
  ],
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    "kuum"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "kuum"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kúum",
        "2": "kúumu",
        "3": "kúum",
        "4": "kúum"
      },
      "name": "aa-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
  "lang_code": "aa",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afar cardinal numbers",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afar entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "95 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "myriad, billions"
      ],
      "id": "en-kuum-aa-noun-I78D~gRu",
      "links": [
        [
          "myriad",
          "myriad"
        ],
        [
          "billion",
          "billion"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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        "thousand"
      ],
      "id": "en-kuum-aa-noun-oK86SM-t",
      "links": [
        [
          "thousand",
          "thousand"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) thousand"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 100",
          "sense": "thousand",
          "word": "alfí"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuːm]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kuum"
}
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    "Afar entries with incorrect language header",
    "Afar lemmas",
    "Afar masculine nouns",
    "Afar nouns",
    "Afar terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
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        "2": "kuma"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "so",
        "2": "kún"
      },
      "expansion": "Somali kún",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "om",
        "2": "kuma"
      },
      "expansion": "Oromo kuma",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ssy",
        "2": "koba"
      },
      "expansion": "Saho koba",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Related to Iraqw kuma, Somali kún, Oromo kuma and Saho koba.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúum",
          "kuum#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "absolutive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumu",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumu",
          "kuumu#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúum",
          "kuum#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "subjective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúum",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúum",
          "kuum#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "aa-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumul",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumul",
          "kuumul#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "l-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumuk",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumuk",
          "kuumuk#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "k-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumut",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumut",
          "kuumut#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "t-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kúumuh",
      "links": [
        [
          "kúumuh",
          "kuumuh#Afar"
        ]
      ],
      "source": "declension",
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        "h-case",
        "with-postposition"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "13": "or",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "17": "or",
        "18": "",
        "19": "or",
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        "20": "",
        "21": "or",
        "22": "",
        "23": "or",
        "24": "",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
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        "f4g": "?",
        "f5accel-form": "s",
        "f5g": "?",
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        "f7accel-form": "p",
        "f7g": "?",
        "f8accel-form": "p",
        "f8g": "?",
        "f9accel-form": "p",
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "kúum"
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "kúum",
        "g": "m"
      },
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  ],
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    "kuum"
  ],
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    {
      "parts": [
        "kuum"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "kúum",
        "2": "kúumu",
        "3": "kúum",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afar",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "myriad, billions"
      ],
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        [
          "myriad",
          "myriad"
        ],
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          "billion"
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        "Afar terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
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        "thousand"
      ],
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        [
          "thousand",
          "thousand"
        ]
      ],
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        "(obsolete) thousand"
      ],
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        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuːm/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuːm]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "thousand",
      "word": "alfí"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kuum"
}

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