"kumu" meaning in Maori

See kumu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Head templates: {{head|mi|noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} kumu, {{mi-noun}} kumu
  1. anus
    Sense id: en-kumu-mi-noun-c33RvKId
  2. buttocks
    Sense id: en-kumu-mi-noun-9gAhPsuJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: kumua [passive], kumungia [passive], kumutia [passive]
Etymology: From Proto-Polynesian *kumu (compare with Tahitian ʻumu “to squeeze juice out [of a fruit]”) ~ *kumi(t) (Tahitian ʻuʻumi “to clench one's fist”, Samoan ʻūmia, Tongan kūmia) from Proto-Oceanic *gumu(t) or *gogom. Ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *gemgem (“fist; hold in the fist” – compare with Malay genggam, Ilocano gemgém). Etymology templates: {{inh|mi|poz-pol-pro|*kumu}} Proto-Polynesian *kumu, {{cog|ty|ʻumu}} Tahitian ʻumu, {{cog|ty|ʻuʻumi}} Tahitian ʻuʻumi, {{cog|sm|ʻūmia}} Samoan ʻūmia, {{cog|to|kūmia}} Tongan kūmia, {{inh|mi|poz-oce-pro|*gumu(t)}} Proto-Oceanic *gumu(t), {{inh|mi|map-pro|*gemgem}} Proto-Austronesian *gemgem, {{cog|ms|genggam}} Malay genggam, {{cog|ilo|gemgém}} Ilocano gemgém Head templates: {{head|mi|verb|passive|kumua|or|kumungia|or|kumutia|||f1accel-form=passive|f2accel-form=passive|f3accel-form=passive|f4accel-form=passive|head=}} kumu (passive kumua or kumungia or kumutia), {{mi-verb|a|ngia|tia}} kumu (passive kumua or kumungia or kumutia)
  1. to clench, to close one's hand tightly into a fist
    Sense id: en-kumu-mi-verb-RVd2oQOT
  2. to hold or carry an object with fingers closing around it Synonyms: rawhi
    Sense id: en-kumu-mi-verb-jU6o5YDw
  3. to close or shut one's mouth
    Sense id: en-kumu-mi-verb-IIwoJKCr Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Maori entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 2 2 17 4 4 5 4 54 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 13 2 2 3 3 67 7 Disambiguation of Maori entries with incorrect language header: 3 3 7 3 78 6
  4. to hold one's breath
    Sense id: en-kumu-mi-verb-4514FrGh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Samoan ʻūmia",
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Tongan kūmia",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *gemgem",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "genggam"
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      "expansion": "Malay genggam",
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    },
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      "expansion": "Ilocano gemgém",
      "name": "cog"
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        "to hold or carry an object with fingers closing around it"
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        {
          "word": "rawhi"
        }
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to close or shut one's mouth"
      ],
      "id": "en-kumu-mi-verb-IIwoJKCr",
      "links": [
        [
          "close",
          "close"
        ],
        [
          "shut",
          "shut"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to hold one's breath"
      ],
      "id": "en-kumu-mi-verb-4514FrGh",
      "links": [
        [
          "hold",
          "hold"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "cog"
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        "2": "kūmia"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "genggam"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "ilo",
        "2": "gemgém"
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      "name": "cog"
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        "to close or shut one's mouth"
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  "word": "kumu"
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