சும்மா

Tamil

Etymology

According to the Tamil Lexicon, a contraction of சுகமாக (cukamāka), from சுகம் (cukam, “comfort”), from Sanskrit सुख (sukha). Cognate to Kannada ಸುಮ್ಮನೆ (summane) and Malayalam ചുമ്മാ (cummā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʊmːaː/, [sʊmːaː]

Adverb

சும்மா • (cummā)

1. leisurely (without occupation or work)
2. in normal condition, in health
3. silently, quietly
4. without any reason
5. uselessly
6. vaguely, unintentionally, at random
7. as a joke
8. (colloquial) gratuitously
9. freely, unhesitatingly, unceremoniously
10. continuously, repeatedly

Descendants

• → Malay: cuma

References

• Johann Philipp Fabricius, Na. Kadirvelu Pillai, David W. McAlpin, Rajagopal Subramanian, University of Madras, Miron Winslow (2022) “சும்மா”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia