sumaa

Finnish

Noun

sumaa

1. partitive singular of suma

Anagrams

• asuma, musaa, sauma

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	sumaa
Brazilian standard	sumaa
New Tribes	sumaa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sumaː]

Verb

sumaa (transitive)

1. to kiss
2. to breastfeed from, to suck, to nurse at

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sumaa”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[1], Lyon
• Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, pages 227, 398: “[ṣ̌u:mạdï] 'suck, kiss' […] shu:madü 'to kiss, suck' […] shu:madü - to suck, to nurse”