omu

See also: omu- and ōmu

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin homo (“person, man”), from Old Latin hemo, from Proto-Italic *hemō, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”). Cognates include Italian uomo (“person, man”) and Romanian om (“human, man”).

Noun

omu m

1. person, man
2. man, male

Pronoun

omu

1. one

Latvian

Noun

omu f

1. inflection of oma:
   1. accusative/instrumental singular
   2. genitive plural

Sicilian

Etymology

From Latin homo (“man, human being”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔmu/
• Hyphenation: ò‧mu

Noun

omu m (plural òmini)

1. man
2. human being, mankind

Synonyms

• (man): cristianu

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch oom.

Noun

omu

1. uncle
2. (colloquial) ethnic Chinese shopkeeper
   • 1982, R. Jie (lyrics and music), “Ommoe Snesie”, in Cynthia, performed by Conjunto Latinos:

     Mi go na omu Sneisi / Fu go bai brede / Dan mi o poti botro gi en / Dan mi o poti kasi gi en

     I'm going to uncle Chinese / To buy bread / Then I'll put butter on it / Then I'll put cheese on it

3. (colloquial, by extension) corner store

Ternate

Verb

omu

1. (stative) to be ripe

Conjugation

Conjugation of omu
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	toomu	foomu	miomu
2nd	noomu	niomu
3rd	Masculine	oomu	iomu, yoomu†
Feminine	moomu
Neuter	iomu
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh