humi
See also: Húmi
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *homei, locative of humus (“ground, soil”). Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) is the same formation.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈhu.miː/, [ˈhʊmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.mi/, [ˈuːmi]
Adverb edit
humī (not comparable)
Noun edit
humī
- genitive singular of humus
- locative singular of humus
- nominative plural of humus
- vocative plural of humus
Related terms edit
References edit
- “humi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “humi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- humi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
- to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
- to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)
Uneapa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *kumi (“beard, chin”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kumi.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
humi
Further reading edit
- Lynch, John (2002 December) “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, pages 310-362
- Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)