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cùm

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cum"

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

cum

Etymology

From Old Irish con·gaib. Cognate with Irish coinnigh and Manx cum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʰuːm/
(Lewis) IPA^(key): [kʰə̃ʉ̃m]^[1]
(Islay, north and mid Argyll, Lochaber) IPA^(key): /kʰumː/
(Perthshire) IPA^(key): /kʰum/

Verb

cùm (past chùm, future cumaidh, verbal noun cumail, past participle cumta)

keep, hold
Cùm seo dhomhsa gu Dihaoine. ― Keep this for me till Friday.

Chùm i an taigh glan. ― She kept the house clean.

Cha do chùm e ris a’ bhargan. ― He didn’t keep [his part of] the bargain.
keep, continue

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of *cùm*
radical	lenition
cùm	chùm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kum˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [kum˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [kʊm˨˩]

Noun

cùm • (柑)

fetters

Derived terms

Derived terms

gông cùm

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