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See also: Húmi

Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Italic *homei, locative of humus (ground, soil). Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, on the ground) is the same formation.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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humī (not comparable)

  1. on the ground.
  2. to the ground.

Noun

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humī

  1. genitive singular of humus
  2. locative singular of humus
  3. nominative plural of humus
  4. vocative plural of humus
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References

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  • humi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • humi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934) “humi”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fall on the ground: humi procumbere
    • to throw any one to the ground: humi prosternere aliquem
  • Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

Uneapa

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *kumi (beard, chin), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kumi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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humi

  1. lips

Further reading

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  • Lynch, John (2002 December) “The Proto-Oceanic Labiovelars: Some New Observations”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 41, number 2, pages 310-362
  • Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)