kuman

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən (with fossilized infix *-um-).

kuman

1. to eat

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən (with fossilized infix *-um-). Cognate with Tagalog kumain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuman/

kuman

1. to eat

• Adul, M. Asfandi (1985), “kuman”, in Struktur Bahasa Bulungan‎^[1], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkuman/ [ˈku.man]
• Rhymes: -uman
• Syllabification: ku‧man

Inherited from Malay kuman, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuman.

kuman (plural kuman-kuman)

1. germ
2. bacteria

   Synonyms: bakteri, basil

3. (figurative) very small items

From Minahasan

kuman (plural kuman-kuman)

1. etiquette to take enough food

• “kuman”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

From kan, compare Maranao kan.

kuman

1. to eat

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuman.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuman/ [ˈku.man]
• Hyphenation: ku‧man

kuman (Jawi spelling کومن, plural kuman-kuman or kuman²)

1. germ

• germa

• "kuman" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kaən (with fossilized infix *-um-).

kuman

1. to eat

• queman, cuman

From Proto-Germanic *kwemaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”).

kuman

1. to come

• witharkuman

• Middle Low German: kōmen, kommen, kamen
  • Low German: kamen, kuemen
    • Dutch Low Saxon: kommen, kåmen
    • German Low German: komen
      • Plautdietsch: kome

kuman

1. now