tumu

See also: tǔmù, ƫumu, and t̪umu

Hawaiian

Noun

tumu

1. Niʻihau form of kumu (“parent”)

   O wai tou tumu?

   Who is your teacher?

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tumu/
• Rhymes: -mu
• Hyphenation: tu‧mu

Adjective

tumu

1. early

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *tumu (compare with Hawaiian kumu)

Noun

tumu

1. foundation, base
2. trunk, stump
3. post, pole, stake

Further reading

• “tumu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mbre

Noun

túmṹ

1. water

References

• R. Blench, Bɛrɛ: a language of Côte d'Ivoire of unknown affiliation

Sumerian

Romanization

tumu

1. Romanization of 𒉎 (tumu)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtu.mu]

Verb

tumu

1. (intransitive) to dive (into water)
2. (intransitive) to dive; to leap down from a high place

Conjugation

Conjugation of tumu
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	totumu	fotumu	mitumu
2nd	notumu	nitumu
3rd	Masculine	otumu	itumu, yotumu†
Feminine	motumu
Neuter	itumu
† - archaic

Alternative forms

• tum (with vowel deletion)

References

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