kumać
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kumati. Cognates include Czech koumat (“to think”), Czech zkoumat (“to explore”), Slovak skúmat (“to explore”), Ukrainian скумати (skumaty, “to know, to understand”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈku.mat͡ɕ/
Audio 1; “kumać”: (file) Audio 2; “kumać się”: (file) - Rhymes: -umat͡ɕ
- Syllabification: ku‧mać
Verb
[edit]kumać impf (perfective skumać)
- (transitive, colloquial) to catch, to get, to grok, to understand
- (reflexive with się, colloquial) to be a buddy, to pal up [with z (+ instrumental) ‘with someone’]
- Synonyms: być za pan brat, kolegować się, kumplować się, trzymać sztamę
Conjugation
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- Rhymes:Polish/umat͡ɕ
- Rhymes:Polish/umat͡ɕ/2 syllables
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- pl:Thinking