Sumatra
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Indonesian Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra
- A largest island in Indonesia, the world’s sixth largest island.
Holonyms
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Noun
[edit]Sumatra (plural Sumatras)
- (Singapore, formerly) A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south.
- 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 119:
- In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name.
- A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.
References
[edit]- (squall or rainstorm): Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Sumatra”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].
Anagrams
[edit]Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: ca‧tag‧bo
Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra
Czech
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra f (related adjective sumaterský, demonym Sumatřan, female demonym Sumatřanka)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Sumatra”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Sumatra”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian Sumatra or Latin Sumatra (from Italian), used by Ludovico di Varthema in his travelogue, ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Sumatra n
- Sumatra [from 16th c.]
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra
- Sumatra (The largest island in Indonesia)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of Sumatra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sumatra | (Sumatrat) | |
genitive | Sumatran | (Sumatrojen) | |
partitive | Sumatraa | (Sumatroja) | |
illative | Sumatraan | (Sumatroihin) | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sumatra | (Sumatrat) | |
accusative | nom. | Sumatra | (Sumatrat) |
gen. | Sumatran | ||
genitive | Sumatran | (Sumatrojen) (Sumatrain rare) | |
partitive | Sumatraa | (Sumatroja) | |
inessive | Sumatrassa | (Sumatroissa) | |
elative | Sumatrasta | (Sumatroista) | |
illative | Sumatraan | (Sumatroihin) | |
adessive | Sumatralla | (Sumatroilla) | |
ablative | Sumatralta | (Sumatroilta) | |
allative | Sumatralle | (Sumatroille) | |
essive | Sumatrana | (Sumatroina) | |
translative | Sumatraksi | (Sumatroiksi) | |
abessive | Sumatratta | (Sumatroitta) | |
instructive | — | (Sumatroin) | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Plural forms of this word are not commonly used, but might be found in figurative uses, in some set phrases or in colloquial language. |
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Derived terms
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra m
Derived terms
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra n (proper noun, genitive Sumatras or (optionally with an article) Sumatra)
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).
Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra
Descendants
[edit]- → English: Sumatra
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Indonesian Sumatra, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra f
Anagrams
[edit]Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra f
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Sumatra in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
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- Hyphenation: Su‧ma‧tra
Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra f
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sùmatra f (Cyrillic spelling Су̀матра)
Declension
[edit]References
[edit]- “Sumatra”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Sumatra f
Derived terms
[edit]- English terms derived from Indonesian
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Places in Indonesia
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Singapore English
- English terms with quotations
- en:Islands
- Cebuano terms derived from Indonesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Sanskrit
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- Cebuano surnames
- Cebuano surnames from Sanskrit
- ceb:Islands
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- Czech uncountable nouns
- Czech hard feminine nouns
- Dutch terms borrowed from Italian
- Dutch terms derived from Italian
- Dutch terms borrowed from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Sanskrit
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Finnish terms derived from Sanskrit
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/umɑtrɑ
- Rhymes:Finnish/umɑtrɑ/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish proper nouns
- Finnish kala-type nominals
- French 3-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Islands
- fr:Places in Indonesia
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Islands
- de:Places in Indonesia
- Indonesian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Islands
- Italian terms derived from Indonesian
- Italian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/atra
- Rhymes:Italian/atra/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Islands
- Polish 3-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/atra
- Rhymes:Polish/atra/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Islands
- pl:Places in Indonesia
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Islands
- pt:Places in Indonesia
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/atɾa
- Rhymes:Spanish/atɾa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish proper nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Islands