isuma

Greenlandic

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *icuma(-) (“mind, think”), from Proto-Eskimo *ǝcumǝ- (“reason, mind, think”).

Pronunciation

  • (Nuuk) IPA(key): /isuma/, [i.sʊ.ma]

Noun

isuma (plural isummat)

  1. meaning, significance, conception
  2. mind, sense, will
  3. opinion, view, ideology

Declension

Declension of isuma
case singular plural
absolutive isuma isummat
ergative isummap
allative isummamut isummanut
ablative isummamit isummanit
prolative isummakkut isummatigut
locative isummami isummani
instrumental isummamik isummanik
equative isummatut

Derived terms

References

  • “isuma“ in iserasuaat.gl

Sie

Interjection

isuma

  1. that's all
    Synonym: suma
    Isuma wocon ire, yacampeli igko
    That's all for today, I will conclude here

References

  • Crowley, Terry. “An Erromangan (Sye) dictionary.” (2000
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