See also: Puma, pumă, and púma

English

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puma
 
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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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Noun

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puma (plural pumas)

  1. A mountain lion or cougar (Puma concolor).
  2. (by extension) Any feline belonging to the genus Puma.
  3. (slang) A woman in her 20s or 30s who seeks relationships with younger men; a younger cougar.
    • 2011, Donna McDonald, Dating A Cougar, →ISBN:
      “Younger can be good. How much younger?” Regina asked, inspecting the appetizer plates for any lingering bites. “I don't know,” Alexa said frowning. “Why does that matter?” “Less than eight years makes you a Puma. Over eight years makes you a Cougar,” Regina said wisely, grinning as Lauren nodded excitedly in agreement.

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  • Malay: puma
  • Swedish: puma

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Classical Quechua puma.

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puma m (plural pumes)

  1. puma

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Classical Quechua

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Quechuan *puma. Cognate with Quechua puma.

Noun

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puma

  1. puma, cougar, mountain lion (Puma concolor).

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  • Spanish: puma (see there for further descendants)

Czech

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Etymology 1

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Possibly via German Puma, ultimately from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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puma f (related adjective pumí)

  1. cougar, puma
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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puma f (related adjective pumový)

  1. bomb
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Further reading

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  • puma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • puma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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puma c (singular definite pumaen, plural indefinite pumaer)

  1. puma; cougar; mountain lion

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Faroese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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Noun

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puma f (genitive singular pumu, plural pumur)

  1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)

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f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative puma puman pumur pumurnar
accusative pumu pumuna pumur pumurnar
dative pumu pumuni pumum pumunum
genitive pumu pumunnar puma pumanna

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechuan.

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puma m (plural pumas)

  1. puma (mammal)

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Hungarian

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 puma on Hungarian Wikipedia
 
puma

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Puma, from Spanish puma, from Quechuan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpumɒ]
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ma
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

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puma (plural pumák)

  1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative puma pumák
accusative pumát pumákat
dative pumának pumáknak
instrumental pumával pumákkal
causal-final pumáért pumákért
translative pumává pumákká
terminative pumáig pumákig
essive-formal pumaként pumákként
essive-modal
inessive pumában pumákban
superessive pumán pumákon
adessive pumánál pumáknál
illative pumába pumákba
sublative pumára pumákra
allative pumához pumákhoz
elative pumából pumákból
delative pumáról pumákról
ablative pumától pumáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
pumáé pumáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
pumáéi pumákéi
Possessive forms of puma
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. pumám pumáim
2nd person sing. pumád pumáid
3rd person sing. pumája pumái
1st person plural pumánk pumáink
2nd person plural pumátok pumáitok
3rd person plural pumájuk pumáik

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ma/
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Hyphenation: pù‧ma

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puma m (invariable)

  1. puma

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English puma, from Quechuan puma.

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puma (Jawi spelling ڤوما, plural puma-puma)

  1. puma (mountain lion); cougar (Puma concolor)

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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puma m (definite singular pumaen, indefinite plural pumaer, definite plural pumaene)

  1. a puma, Puma concolor

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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puma m (definite singular pumaen, indefinite plural pumaer or pumaar, definite plural pumaene or pumaane)

  1. a puma, Puma concolor

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puma.[1][2][3]

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ma/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: pu‧ma

Noun

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puma f

  1. puma, cougar
    Synonym: kuguar

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References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “puma”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “puma”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎[1] (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
  3. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “puma”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

Further reading

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  • puma in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • puma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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puma

Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish puma,[1] from Quechua puma.[2]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -umɐ
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ma

Noun

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puma m or (nonstandard) f (plural pumas)

  1. puma; cougar; mountain lion (Puma concolor, a large feline of the Americas)
    Synonyms: onça-parda, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha

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  1. ^ puma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024
  2. ^ puma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024

Quechua

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Etymology

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Proto-Quechuan *puma; compare Classical Quechua puma.

Noun

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puma

  1. puma; cougar; mountain lion (Puma concolor, a large feline of the Americas)

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Descendants

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French puma.

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puma f (uncountable)

  1. puma

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative puma puma
genitive-dative {{{pl}}} {{{pl}}}i
vocative

Serbo-Croatian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pûma/
  • Hyphenation: pu‧ma

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pȕma f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ма)

  1. puma

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Sicilian

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpu.ma/, [ˈpuːmä]
  • Hyphenation: pù‧ma

Etymology 1

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From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (fruit).

Noun

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puma m

  1. plural of pumu
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  • Sicilian: Puma (Sicilian surname)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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puma m

  1. cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)

Slovak

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puma

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

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puma f

  1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)
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Etymology 2

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Inherited from Old Slovak puma. Borrowed from Germanic.

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puma f (related adjective pumový)

  1. bomb
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Further reading

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  • puma”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Pronunciation

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púma f

  1. puma, mountain lion (Puma concolor)

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The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Feminine, a-stem
nom. sing. púma
gen. sing. púme
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
púma púmi púme
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
púme púm púm
dative
(dajȃlnik)
púmi púmama púmam
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
púmo púmi púme
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
púmi púmah púmah
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
púmo púmama púmami

Spanish

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puma

Etymology

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Borrowed from Quechua puma.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpuma/ [ˈpu.ma]
  • Rhymes: -uma
  • Syllabification: pu‧ma

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puma m (plural pumas)

  1. cougar, mountain lion, puma (Puma concolor)

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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Verb

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-puma (infinitive kupuma)

  1. to exhale
  2. to throb, pulsate

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Conjugation of -puma
Positive present -napuma
Subjunctive -pume
Negative -pumi
Imperative singular puma
Infinitives
Positive kupuma
Negative kutopuma
Imperatives
Singular puma
Plural pumeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupuma
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipuma
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupuma
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napuma)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapuma/napuma tunapuma
2nd person unapuma mnapuma
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapuma wanapuma
other classes positive subject concord + -napuma
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pumi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipumi hatupumi
2nd person hupumi hampumi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapumi hawapumi
other classes negative subject concord + -pumi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapuma
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapuma
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pume)
Singular Plural
1st person nipume tupume
2nd person upume mpume
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apume wapume
other classes positive subject concord + -pume
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipume
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepuma
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepuma
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipuma
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipuma
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apuma)
Singular Plural
1st person napuma twapuma
2nd person wapuma mwapuma
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apuma wapuma
m-mi(III/IV) wapuma yapuma
ji-ma(V/VI) lapuma yapuma
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapuma vyapuma
n(IX/X) yapuma zapuma
u(XI) wapuma see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapuma
pa(XVI) papuma
mu(XVIII) mwapuma
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepuma
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapuma
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japuma
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipuma
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopuma
Consecutive kapuma / positive subject concord + -kapuma
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapume
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipuma -tupuma
2nd person -kupuma -wapuma/-kupumeni/-wapumeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpuma -wapuma
m-mi(III/IV) -upuma -ipuma
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipuma -yapuma
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipuma -vipuma
n(IX/X) -ipuma -zipuma
u(XI) -upuma see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupuma
pa(XVI) -papuma
mu(XVIII) -mupuma
Reflexive -jipuma
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -puma- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pumaye -pumao
m-mi(III/IV) -pumao -pumayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pumalo -pumayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pumacho -pumavyo
n(IX/X) -pumayo -pumazo
u(XI) -pumao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pumako
pa(XVI) -pumapo
mu(XVIII) -pumamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -puma)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepuma -opuma
m-mi(III/IV) -opuma -yopuma
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopuma -yopuma
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopuma -vyopuma
n(IX/X) -yopuma -zopuma
u(XI) -opuma see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopuma
pa(XVI) -popuma
mu(XVIII) -mopuma
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

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Swazi

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Verb

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-puma

  1. to burst

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Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English puma. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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puma c

  1. a cougar (Puma concolor)
  2. (slang) a cougar; a woman who is attractive despite her age

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