Q. -úmë suf. “[large], of quantity” (Category: Much, Many)

Q. -úmë, suf. “[large], of quantity” (Category: Much, Many)

Reference ✧ VT48/32 ✧ -úme “[large], of quantity”

Elements

úmë

“great collection or crowd of things of the same sort, throng”

suffix

✧ VT48/32 (úme)

Element In

• ᴺQ. !tinwerúmë “starling, (lit.) abundance of stars”
• Q. liyúmë “host” ✧ VT48/32

Derivations

• < √UM “abound; teem, throng; large” ✧ VT48/32 (um)

Phonetic Developments

√um > -úme

[-ūme]

✧ VT48/32

ᴱQ. -úme suf. “augmentative” (Category: Comparative, Intensive)

References ✧ PE14/48, 81; QL/88, 91, 97

Glosses

• “augmentative” ✧ PE14/48; PE14/81 (-ume); PE14/81 (-umea); PE14/81 (-umya)

Variations

• -úme ✧ PE14/48
• -ume ✧ PE14/81
• -umea ✧ PE14/81
• -umya ✧ PE14/81
• -ūme ✧ QL/97; QL/88 (#-ūme)
• #-ū̆me ✧ QL/91

Related

• ūmea “large” cp. -ūme ✧ QL/97

Element In

• ᴱQ. talakúme “huge burden, pile” ✧ QL/88 (talakūme)
• ᴱQ. telúme “finish, conclusion, (the great) end” ✧ QL/91 (telū̆me)