fuma

See also: fumá, fumà, fumâ, and fumă

Asturian

Verb

fuma

1. third-person singular present indicative of fumar
2. second-person singular imperative of fumar

Catalan

Verb

fuma

1. inflection of fumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Verb

fuma

1. third-person singular past historic of fumer

Galician

Verb

fuma

1. inflection of fumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Verb

fuma

1. inflection of fumare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Verb

fūmā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of fūmō

References

• "fuma", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

fuma (present tense fumar, past tense fuma, past participle fuma, passive infinitive fumast, present participle fumande, imperative fuma/fum)

1. Alternative form of fume (non-standard since 2012)

Portuguese

Verb

fuma

1. inflection of fumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fūmāre, also with conjugations from Vulgar Latin *fūmizāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈma/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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Verb

a fuma (third-person singular present fumează, past participle fumat) 1st conjugation

1. (ambitransitive) to smoke (a cigarette, a pipe, etc)
2. to (give off) smoke

Conjugation

    conjugation of fuma (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a fuma
gerund			fumând
past participle			fumat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	fumez	fumezi	fumează	fumăm	fumați	fumează
	imperfect	fumam	fumai	fuma	fumam	fumați	fumau
	simple perfect	fumai	fumași	fumă	fumarăm	fumarăți	fumară
	pluperfect	fumasem	fumaseși	fumase	fumaserăm	fumaserăți	fumaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să fumez	să fumezi	să fumeze	să fumăm	să fumați	să fumeze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		fumează			fumați
	negative		nu fuma			nu fumați

Derived terms

• fumător

Related terms

• afuma
• fum
• fumega

Further reading

• “fuma”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuma/ [ˈfu.ma]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: fu‧ma

Etymology 1

Deverbal from fumar.

Noun

fuma f (plural fumas)

1. (Cuba) allowed amount of tobacco a tobacco-factory worker could take home
2. (Cuba) (the act of, or state of) smoking

Etymology 2

Verb

fuma

1. inflection of fumar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fuma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-fuma (infinitive kufuma)

1. to knit, to weave

Conjugation

Conjugation of -fuma
Positive present -nafuma Subjunctive -fume Negative -fumi Imperative singular fuma
Infinitives
Positive kufuma Negative kutofuma
Imperatives
Singular fuma Plural fumeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hufuma Positive past positive subject concord + -lifuma Negative past negative subject concord + -kufuma
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nafuma) Singular Plural 1st person ninafuma/nafuma tunafuma 2nd person unafuma mnafuma 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anafuma wanafuma other classes positive subject concord + -nafuma
Negative present (negative subject concord + -fumi) Singular Plural 1st person sifumi hatufumi 2nd person hufumi hamfumi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hafumi hawafumi other classes negative subject concord + -fumi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tafuma Negative future negative subject concord + -tafuma
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -fume) Singular Plural 1st person nifume tufume 2nd person ufume mfume 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afume wafume other classes positive subject concord + -fume
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sifume Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngefuma Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singefuma Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalifuma Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalifuma
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -afuma) Singular Plural 1st person nafuma twafuma 2nd person wafuma mwafuma 3rd person m-wa(I/II) afuma wafuma m-mi(III/IV) wafuma yafuma ji-ma(V/VI) lafuma yafuma ki-vi(VII/VIII) chafuma vyafuma n(IX/X) yafuma zafuma u(XI) wafuma see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwafuma pa(XVI) pafuma mu(XVIII) mwafuma
Perfect positive subject concord + -mefuma "Already" positive subject concord + -meshafuma "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jafuma "If/When" positive subject concord + -kifuma "If not" positive subject concord + -sipofuma Consecutive kafuma / positive subject concord + -kafuma Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kafume
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nifuma -tufuma 2nd person -kufuma -wafuma/-kufumeni/-wafumeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mfuma -wafuma m-mi(III/IV) -ufuma -ifuma ji-ma(V/VI) -lifuma -yafuma ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kifuma -vifuma n(IX/X) -ifuma -zifuma u(XI) -ufuma see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kufuma pa(XVI) -pafuma mu(XVIII) -mufuma Reflexive -jifuma
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -fuma- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -fumaye -fumao m-mi(III/IV) -fumao -fumayo ji-ma(V/VI) -fumalo -fumayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -fumacho -fumavyo n(IX/X) -fumayo -fumazo u(XI) -fumao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -fumako pa(XVI) -fumapo mu(XVIII) -fumamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -fuma) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yefuma -ofuma m-mi(III/IV) -ofuma -yofuma ji-ma(V/VI) -lofuma -yofuma ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chofuma -vyofuma n(IX/X) -yofuma -zofuma u(XI) -ofuma see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kofuma pa(XVI) -pofuma mu(XVIII) -mofuma
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Conversive: -fumua

• Nominal derivations:
  • mfumaji (“weaver”)
  • mfumo (“system”)
  • ufumaji (“weaving”)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfu.ma]

Verb

fuma

1. (stative) to be stupid

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuma

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofuma	fofuma	mifuma
2nd person		nofuma	nifuma
3rd person	masculine	ofuma	ifuma yofuma (archaic)
	feminine	mofuma
	neuter	ifuma

References

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

Tetum

Etymology

From Portuguese fumar.

Verb

fuma

1. to smoke