See also: Komu, kömu, and кому

Czech

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkomu]
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Pronoun

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komu

  1. dative singular of kdo

Faroese

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Noun

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komu f

  1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of koma
    tíðindini um komu hansara
    the news of his arrival

Verb

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komu

  1. past plural of koma
    Vit komu í illveður
    We came into bad weather.

Finnish

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Etymology

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kom- +‎ -u

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkomu/, [ˈko̞mu]
  • Rhymes: -omu
  • Syllabification(key): ko‧mu

Noun

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komu

  1. (mining) rockfall

Declension

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Inflection of komu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative komu komut
genitive komun komujen
partitive komua komuja
illative komuun komuihin
singular plural
nominative komu komut
accusative nom. komu komut
gen. komun
genitive komun komujen
partitive komua komuja
inessive komussa komuissa
elative komusta komuista
illative komuun komuihin
adessive komulla komuilla
ablative komulta komuilta
allative komulle komuille
essive komuna komuina
translative komuksi komuiksi
abessive komutta komuitta
instructive komuin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of komu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative komuni komuni
accusative nom. komuni komuni
gen. komuni
genitive komuni komujeni
partitive komuani komujani
inessive komussani komuissani
elative komustani komuistani
illative komuuni komuihini
adessive komullani komuillani
ablative komultani komuiltani
allative komulleni komuilleni
essive komunani komuinani
translative komukseni komuikseni
abessive komuttani komuittani
instructive
comitative komuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative komusi komusi
accusative nom. komusi komusi
gen. komusi
genitive komusi komujesi
partitive komuasi komujasi
inessive komussasi komuissasi
elative komustasi komuistasi
illative komuusi komuihisi
adessive komullasi komuillasi
ablative komultasi komuiltasi
allative komullesi komuillesi
essive komunasi komuinasi
translative komuksesi komuiksesi
abessive komuttasi komuittasi
instructive
comitative komuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative komumme komumme
accusative nom. komumme komumme
gen. komumme
genitive komumme komujemme
partitive komuamme komujamme
inessive komussamme komuissamme
elative komustamme komuistamme
illative komuumme komuihimme
adessive komullamme komuillamme
ablative komultamme komuiltamme
allative komullemme komuillemme
essive komunamme komuinamme
translative komuksemme komuiksemme
abessive komuttamme komuittamme
instructive
comitative komuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative komunne komunne
accusative nom. komunne komunne
gen. komunne
genitive komunne komujenne
partitive komuanne komujanne
inessive komussanne komuissanne
elative komustanne komuistanne
illative komuunne komuihinne
adessive komullanne komuillanne
ablative komultanne komuiltanne
allative komullenne komuillenne
essive komunanne komuinanne
translative komuksenne komuiksenne
abessive komuttanne komuittanne
instructive
comitative komuinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative komunsa komunsa
accusative nom. komunsa komunsa
gen. komunsa
genitive komunsa komujensa
partitive komuaan
komuansa
komujaan
komujansa
inessive komussaan
komussansa
komuissaan
komuissansa
elative komustaan
komustansa
komuistaan
komuistansa
illative komuunsa komuihinsa
adessive komullaan
komullansa
komuillaan
komuillansa
ablative komultaan
komultansa
komuiltaan
komuiltansa
allative komulleen
komullensa
komuilleen
komuillensa
essive komunaan
komunansa
komuinaan
komuinansa
translative komukseen
komuksensa
komuikseen
komuiksensa
abessive komuttaan
komuttansa
komuittaan
komuittansa
instructive
comitative komuineen
komuinensa

Anagrams

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Icelandic

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Noun

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komu

  1. indefinite accusative/dative/genitive singular of koma

Japanese

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Romanization

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komu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こむ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of コム

Lower Sorbian

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komu

  1. dative of chto

Norwegian Nynorsk

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kòmu f (definite singular kòmo, indefinite plural kòmur, definite plural kòmune)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of kome

Polish

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komu

  1. dative of kto

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kǒmu/
  • Hyphenation: ko‧mu

Pronoun

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kòmu (Cyrillic spelling ко̀му)

  1. to whom (dative)

Declension

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Tetum

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Conjunction

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komu

  1. as, since

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV komu
Brazilian standard komu
New Tribes comu

Alternative forms

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  • kömu (Cunucunuma River dialect)

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Noun

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komu (possessed komudu) (Caura River dialect)

  1. oldest child (of a man), where ‘child’ has the scope of nne (sons, daughters, children of a brother or sister of the same sex, etc.)
  2. son-in-law (of a man)

Usage notes

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Reports vary on whether this term refers only to male oldest children or can be applied without regard to sex.

Derived terms

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References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “komu, komudu”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “kön'kwö”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Hall, Katherine (2007) “-hannɨ-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series[2], Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 67, 70, 75:komuudu