úmë

úmë

úmë (1) vb. pa.t. of um- (and u-?), q.v. (UGU/UMU)

-úmë

large

-úmë (3) suffix "large" (of quantity)", as in liyúmë "host" (VT48:32)

-úmë

suffix. large (of quantity)

A suffix in a list of “large & small” roots from around 1968 glossed “[large], of quantity” appearing as an element in Q. liyúmë “host” and based on the root √UM (VT48/32).

úmë

noun. great collection or crowd of things of the same sort, throng, great collection or crowd of things of the same sort; [ᴹQ.] abundance, great quantity; [Q.] throng

A word for a “great collection or crowd of things of the same sort” from around 1968 based on the root √UM “abound” (VT48/32). Another note from the late 1960s has úme “throng” based on √UM “teem, throng”, but this note was marked through (PE17/115).

Conceptual Development: The Etymologies of the 1930s had ᴹQ. úve “abundance, great quantity” under the root ᴹ√UB “abound” (Ety/UB).

úmë

great collection or crowd of things of same sort

úmë (2) "great collection or crowd of things of same sort" (a struck-out note gave the rejected gloss "largeness") (VT48:32), "throng, great concourse of things without order" (PE17:115). Compare úvë.