cumal

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Fula

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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cumal

  1. (Pular) fire
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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kamulā,[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemh₂- (to exert oneself, get tired), and cognate with Middle Irish cuma (trouble), Ancient Greek κάμνω (kámnō, to toil, get tired).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cumal f (genitive cumaile, nominative plural cumala)

  1. female servant or slave
  2. a unit of measurement generally worth three milking cows

Inflection

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Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cumalL cumailL cumalaH
Vocative cumalL cumailL cumalaH
Accusative cumailN cumailL cumalaH
Genitive cumaileH cumalL cumalN
Dative cumailL cumalaib cumalaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

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  • Irish: cumhal

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cumal chumal cumal
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Delamarre, Xavier (2003) “camulos”, in Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental (Collection des Hespérides; 9), 2nd edition, Éditions Errance, →ISBN, page 101
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάμνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 632

Further reading

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