kum

kum (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. sand

kum (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. Of dark red colour.

From Middle Low German kum, kumme (compare German Low German Kumme (“bowl”)).

• IPA^(key): /kum/
• Rhymes: -um

kum m (definite singular kummen, indefinite plural kummer, definite plural kummene)

1. sink
2. manhole

• mannhull (manhole)

• “kum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle Low German kum, kumme (compare German Low German Kumme (“bowl”)).

• IPA^(key): /kum/
• Rhymes: -um

kum m (definite singular kummen, indefinite plural kummar, definite plural kummane)

1. sink
2. manhole

• “kum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Slavic *kumъ, from earlier *kъmotrъ, from Latin compater.

kum m pers

1. godfather
2. (colloquial, dated) chum

Onomatopoeia.

kum

1. ribbit

From Proto-Slavic *kumъ, from earlier *kъmotrъ, from Latin compater.

• IPA^(key): /kûːm/

kȗm m (Cyrillic spelling ку̑м)

1. godfather
2. best man

   vjenčani kum

• vjenčani svjedok (best man)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (Turkish kum (“sand”)).

• IPA^(key): /kûm/

kȕm m (Cyrillic spelling ку̏м)

1. (uncountable) sand

• pijesak

From Ottoman Turkish قوم‎ (kum, “sand, gravel”), from Proto-Turkic *kum (“sand”), compare Uyghur قۇم‎ (qum).

• IPA^(key): /kum/
• Hyphenation: kum

kum (definite accusative kumu, plural kumlar)

1. sand

kúm, kŭm

1. water

• Čestmír Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes Sud Américains, JSAP 52: 7-60 (1963), page 19