See also: Uman and umân

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

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Etymology

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From English woman.

Noun

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uman

  1. woman

References

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  • Karl Martin Loeffler Reisman, "The Isle is Full of Noises": A Study of Creole in the Speech Patterns of Antigua (1964)

Aukan

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Etymology

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From English woman.

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uman

  1. woman
  2. female
  3. wife

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Brooke's Point Palawano

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Noun

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uman

  1. chicken flea

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Javanese ꦲꦸꦩꦤ꧀ (uman, tongue-lashing), from Old Javanese *uman (to abuse; to blame).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʊman]
  • Hyphenation: uman

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uman (first-person possessive umanku, second-person possessive umanmu, third-person possessive umannya)

  1. (dialect) tongue-lashing.
    Synonyms: cerca, umpat

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Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English woman.

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uman (plural uman dem, quantified uman)

  1. woman
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1 Korintiyan 11:11:
      Dat no miin se man kyan du widout uman ar uman widout man, kaaz Gad neva mek dem fi du widout dem wan aneda.
      So then, I have to insist that in the Lord, neither is woman inferior to man nor is man inferior to woman.

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uman

  1. female
    uman daag, man daag
    female dog, male dog

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Ladin

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Etymology

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From Latin hūmānus.

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uman m (feminine singular umana, masculine plural umans, feminine plural umanes)

  1. human

Maltese

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Etymology

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From Italian umano and/or Sicilian umanu, from Latin hūmānus.

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uman (feminine singular umana, plural umani)

  1. human
    Antonym: inuman
    • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
      Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (nominalised, fairly rare) human being; man
    Synonym: bniedem
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Occitan

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Etymology

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From Latin hūmānus. From the 13th century.[1]

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  • (Laguedocian) IPA(key): [yˈma]
  • (Provençau) IPA(key): [yˈmãᵑ]
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uman m (feminine singular umana, masculine plural umans, feminine plural umanas)

  1. human

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uman m (plural umans)

  1. human

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References

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  1. ^ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 574.

Piedmontese

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Etymology

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From Latin hūmānus.

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uman

  1. human

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin hūmānus.

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uman m or n (feminine singular umană, masculine plural umani, feminine and neuter plural umane)

  1. human, humane

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Noun

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uman m (plural umani)

  1. human

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Romansch

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin hūmānus.

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uman m (feminine singular umana, masculine plural umans, feminine plural umanas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Vallader) human

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uman m (plural umans; feminine umana, plural umanas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Surmiran, Vallader) (male) human being
    Synonyms: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) carstgaun, (Sutsilvan) carstgàn, (Surmiran) carstgang

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *umьnъ.

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  • IPA(key): /ûːman/
  • Hyphenation: u‧man

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ȗman (Cyrillic spelling у̑ман, definite ȗmnī, comparative umniji)

  1. wise, smart
  2. (in definite forms) mental, intellectual

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References

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  • uman” in Hrvatski jezični portal