UMA

UMA (plural UMAs)

1. (dated, computing) Initialism of upper memory area.
2. Initialism of union membership agreement.

• (computing): UMB, HMA

• (computing): EMS, XMS, EMM, XMM

• AMU, AUM, MAU, MUA, Mau, amu, aum

Wasei eigo (和製英語), from English U + M + A, coined as an acronym of unidentified mysterious animal by analogy with UFO (yūfō).

• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝːma̠]

UMA (katakana ユーマ, rōmaji yūma)

1. (neologism, cryptozoology) a cryptid
   • 2011 July 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百四十五訓くん　かまくらはどんだけ頑がん張ばって作つくっても次つぎの日ひにはどっかのクソガキに壊こわされる [Lesson 345: Even When You Give Your All to Building a Quinzhee, There Will Be A Brat Destroying It the Next Day]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 40 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ……ただのビッグフットなんてこの世 (よ)に存 (そん)在 (ざい)しねェェェェ‼なんでこんな所 (ところ)に伝 (でん)説 (せつ)のＵ (ユ)Ｍ (ー)Ａ (マ)が生 (せい)息 (そく)してんだァァ‼なんでビッグフットがスニーカーはいってんだァ！

     ……Tada no Biggufutto nan te kono yo ni sonzaishi nēēe‼ Nan de konna tokoro ni densetsu no yūma ga seisokushiten dāa‼ Nan de Biggufutto ga sunīkā haitten dā!

     ……There’s no such thing as Bigfoot‼ Why would a legendary criptid be living here⁉ And why would Bigfoot even wear sneakers for fudge’s sake?