சும்மா
Tamil edit
Etymology edit
Cognate to Kannada ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ (summane) and Malayalam ചുമ്മാ (cummā).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
சும்மா • (cummā)
- leisurely (without occupation or work)
- in normal condition, in health
- silently, quietly
- without any reason
- uselessly
- vaguely, unintentionally, at random
- as a joke
- (colloquial) gratuitously
- freely, unhesitatingly, unceremoniously
- continuously, repeatedly
Descendants edit
- → Malay: cuma
References edit
- Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “சும்மா”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Tamil Dictionaries]