umma

umma (plural ummas)

1. Alternative spelling of ummah

• Mamu, Muma, maum

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈum.ma/

umma (from Old Akkadian on)

1.  introduces direct and indirect speech (thus, saying, as follows, etc.)

   𒁾𒁀𒄠 𒈠𒄯 𒄴𒄭𒅀 𒀸𒆪𒌦𒈠 𒌝𒈠 𒋗𒉡𒈠 𒁕𒈪𒅅

   [ṭuppam maḫar aḫḫīya aškunma umma šunūma damiq]

   DUB-pa₂-am ma-ḫar aḫ-ḫi-ia aš-ku-un-ma um-ma šu-nu-ma da-mi-iq

   I placed the tablet before my colleagues and they said: "It is good".

• enma (Old Akkadian)
• amma, ummu

• “umma”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎, Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “umma”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

From Middle High German umbe-her, umber, ummer, equivalent to um + her. Cognate with German umher.

• IPA^(key): /ˈumɐ/

umma

1. across, over (direction towards the speaker)

Bavarian adverbs of direction come in pairs: endings in -i or -e denote direction away from the speaker (akin to hi), and endings in -a denote direction towards the speaker (akin to her).

• umme
• ummi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

umma

1. (medicine) fever

• “umma”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Learned borrowing from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈumːɑ/, [ˈumːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -umːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): um‧ma

umma

1. (Islam) ummah (the worldwide Muslim community)

• ammu, mamu

From Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma, “community”).

umma f (plural umme)

1. (Islam) ummah

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀumaq, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀumaq. Compare Indonesian rumah.

umma

1. house

• Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “umma”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 96

umma m (definite singular ummaen, indefinite plural ummaer, definite plural ummaene)

1. (Islam) ummah

umma m (definite singular ummaen, indefinite plural ummaer or ummaar, definite plural ummaene or ummaane)

1. (Islam) ummah

From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.

úmmá class 1a (plural ábómmá class 2a)

1. mother

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umma

1. Romanization of 𒄑𒆵 (umma)

Borrowed from Arabic أُمَّة (ʔumma).

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umma (u class, no plural)

1. the public or populace, the general population

ummá

1. kiss