puma

See also: Puma, pumă, and púma

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English

Puma

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Quechuan *puma

Quechua pumabor.

Spanish pumabor.

English puma

Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma, from Proto-Quechuan *puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːmə/, /pjuːmə/

• Audio (Australia):

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• Rhymes: -uːmə
• Hyphenation: pu‧ma

Noun

puma (plural pumas)

1. (chiefly UK, Australia, New Zealand) 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.

Derived terms

• pumalike
• pumapard
• werepuma

Descendants

• → Irish: púma
• → Malay: puma
• → Swedish: puma
• → Welsh: pwma

Translations

Puma concolor — see cougar

References

• “puma”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “puma”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.

Anagrams

• paum, upma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Classical Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpu.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpu.ma]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

puma m (plural pumes)

1. puma

Further reading

• “puma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Classical Quechua

Alternative forms

• poma (Hispanic spelling)

Etymology

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

Noun

puma

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

Descendants

• → Spanish: puma (see there for further descendants)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpuma]

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Possibly via German Puma, ultimately from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma. First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

puma f (relational adjective pumí)

1. cougar, puma

Declension

Declension of puma (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pumy
genitive	pumy	pum
dative	pumě	pumám
accusative	pumu	pumy
vocative	pumo	pumy
locative	pumě	pumách
instrumental	pumou	pumami

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) First attested in the 19th century.

Noun

puma f (relational adjective pumový)

1. bomb

Declension

Declension of puma (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pumy
genitive	pumy	pum
dative	pumě	pumám
accusative	pumu	pumy
vocative	pumo	pumy
locative	pumě	pumách
instrumental	pumou	pumami

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

puma c (singular definite pumaen, plural indefinite pumaer)

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

   Synonym: (rare) bjergløve

Declension

Declension of puma

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	puma	pumaen	pumaer	pumaerne
genitive	pumas	pumaens	pumaers	pumaernes

References

• “puma” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

puma

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʰuːma/
• Rhymes: -uːma

Noun

puma f (genitive singular pumu, plural pumur)

1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)

Declension

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

See also

• puma on the Faroese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fo

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechuan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py.ma/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

puma m (plural pumas)

1. puma (mammal)

Descendants

• → Romanian: puma

Further reading

• “puma”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

puma

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puma (plural pumák)

1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)

Declension

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puma m (invariable)

1. puma

Malay

Alternative forms

• ڤوما

Etymology

Borrowed from English puma, from Quechuan puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pumə], [pumɐ]
• Rhymes: -umə, -mə, -ə

Noun

puma (Jawi spelling ڤوما, plural puma-puma)

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

Synonyms

• kugar / کوݢر

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

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

1. a puma, Puma concolor

References

• “puma” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “puma” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

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

1. a puma, Puma concolor

References

• “puma” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Quechuan *puma

Quechua pumabor.

Spanish pumabor.

Polish puma

Borrowed from Spanish puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ma/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uma
• Syllabification: pu‧ma

Noun

puma f

1. puma, cougar

   Synonym: kuguar

Declension

Declension of puma

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pumy
genitive	pumy	pum
dative	pumie	pumom
accusative	pumę	pumy
instrumental	pumą	pumami
locative	pumie	pumach
vocative	pumo	pumy

Further reading

• “puma”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “puma”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Portuguese

puma

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Quechuan *puma

Quechua pumabor.

Spanish pumabor.

Portuguese puma

Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpũ.mɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.mɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: -umɐ
• Hyphenation: pu‧ma

Noun

puma m or (nonstandard) f (plural pumas)

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:puma

Coordinate terms

felids: felídeosedit

• caracal
• chita, guepardo
• gato
• gato-maracajá
• jaguar, onça
• jaguatirica
• leão
• leão-baio, onça-parda, puma, suçuarana
• leopardo
• lince
• serval
• tigre

Further reading

• “puma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “puma”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2026
• “puma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN

Quechua

Etymology

Proto-Quechuan *puma; compare Classical Quechua puma.

Noun

puma

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

Declension

Declension of puma

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pumakuna
accusative	pumata	pumakunata
dative	pumaman	pumakunaman
genitive	pumap	pumakunap
locative	pumapi	pumakunapi
terminative	pumakama	pumakunakama
ablative	pumamanta	pumakunamanta
instrumental	pumawan	pumakunawan
comitative	pumantin	pumakunantin
abessive	pumannaq	pumakunannaq
comparative	pumahina	pumakunahina
causative	pumarayku	pumakunarayku
benefactive	pumapaq	pumakunapaq
associative	pumapura	pumakunapura
distributive	pumanka	pumakunanka
exclusive	pumalla	pumakunalla

Possessive forms of puma

ñuqap - first-person singular ñuqap (my) singular plural nominative pumay pumaykuna accusative pumayta pumaykunata dative pumayman pumaykunaman genitive pumaypa pumaykunap locative pumaypi pumaykunapi terminative pumaykama pumaykunakama ablative pumaymanta pumaykunamanta instrumental pumaywan pumaykunawan comitative pumaynintin pumaykunantin abessive pumayninnaq pumaykunannaq comparative pumayhina pumaykunahina causative pumayrayku pumaykunarayku benefactive pumaypaq pumaykunapaq associative pumaypura pumaykunapura distributive pumayninka pumaykunanka exclusive pumaylla pumaykunalla qampa - second-person singular qampa (your) singular plural nominative pumayki pumaykikuna accusative pumaykita pumaykikunata dative pumaykiman pumaykikunaman genitive pumaykipa pumaykikunap locative pumaykipi pumaykikunapi terminative pumaykikama pumaykikunakama ablative pumaykimanta pumaykikunamanta instrumental pumaykiwan pumaykikunawan comitative pumaykintin pumaykikunantin abessive pumaykinnaq pumaykikunannaq comparative pumaykihina pumaykikunahina causative pumaykirayku pumaykikunarayku benefactive pumaykipaq pumaykikunapaq associative pumaykipura pumaykikunapura distributive pumaykinka pumaykikunanka exclusive pumaykilla pumaykikunalla paypa - third-person singular paypa (his/her/its) singular plural nominative puman pumankuna accusative pumanta pumankunata dative pumanman pumankunaman genitive pumanpa pumankunap locative pumanpi pumankunapi terminative pumankama pumankunakama ablative pumanmanta pumankunamanta instrumental pumanwan pumankunawan comitative pumanintin pumankunantin abessive pumanninnaq pumankunannaq comparative pumanhina pumankunahina causative pumanrayku pumankunarayku benefactive pumanpaq pumankunapaq associative pumanpura pumankunapura distributive pumaninka pumankunanka exclusive pumanlla pumankunalla ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural nominative pumanchik pumanchikkuna accusative pumanchikta pumanchikkunata dative pumanchikman pumanchikkunaman genitive pumanchikpa pumanchikkunap locative pumanchikpi pumanchikkunapi terminative pumanchikkama pumanchikkunakama ablative pumanchikmanta pumanchikkunamanta instrumental pumanchikwan pumanchikkunawan comitative pumanchiknintin pumanchikkunantin abessive pumanchikninnaq pumanchikkunannaq comparative pumanchikhina pumanchikkunahina causative pumanchikrayku pumanchikkunarayku benefactive pumanchikpaq pumanchikkunapaq associative pumanchikpura pumanchikkunapura distributive pumanchikninka pumanchikkunanka exclusive pumanchiklla pumanchikkunalla ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural nominative pumayku pumaykukuna accusative pumaykuta pumaykukunata dative pumaykuman pumaykukunaman genitive pumaykupa pumaykukunap locative pumaykupi pumaykukunapi terminative pumaykukama pumaykukunakama ablative pumaykumanta pumaykukunamanta instrumental pumaykuwan pumaykukunawan comitative pumaykuntin pumaykukunantin abessive pumaykunnaq pumaykukunannaq comparative pumaykuhina pumaykukunahina causative pumaykurayku pumaykukunarayku benefactive pumaykupaq pumaykukunapaq associative pumaykupura pumaykukunapura distributive pumaykunka pumaykukunanka exclusive pumaykulla pumaykukunalla qamkunap - second-person plural qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural nominative pumaykichik pumaykichikkuna accusative pumaykichikta pumaykichikkunata dative pumaykichikman pumaykichikkunaman genitive pumaykichikpa pumaykichikkunap locative pumaykichikpi pumaykichikkunapi terminative pumaykichikkama pumaykichikkunakama ablative pumaykichikmanta pumaykichikkunamanta instrumental pumaykichikwan pumaykichikkunawan comitative pumaykichiknintin pumaykichikkunantin abessive pumaykichikninnaq pumaykichikkunannaq comparative pumaykichikhina pumaykichikkunahina causative pumaykichikrayku pumaykichikkunarayku benefactive pumaykichikpaq pumaykichikkunapaq associative pumaykichikpura pumaykichikkunapura distributive pumaykichikninka pumaykichikkunanka exclusive pumaykichiklla pumaykichikkunalla paykunap - third-person plural paykunap (their) singular plural nominative pumanku pumankukuna accusative pumankuta pumankukunata dative pumankuman pumankukunaman genitive pumankupa pumankukunap locative pumankupi pumankukunapi terminative pumankukama pumankukunakama ablative pumankumanta pumankukunamanta instrumental pumankuwan pumankukunawan comitative pumankuntin pumankukunantin abessive pumankunnaq pumankukunannaq comparative pumankuhina pumankukunahina causative pumankurayku pumankukunarayku benefactive pumankupaq pumankukunapaq associative pumankupura pumankukunapura distributive pumankunka pumankukunanka exclusive pumankulla pumankukunalla

Derived terms

• Pumachaka
• Pumak'uchu
• Pumakancha
• Pumakurku
• Pumamarka
• Pumaorqo
• Pumaphaqcha
• Pumaqchupan
• Pumaqhawa
• pumasqa
• Pumawasi

Descendants

Descendants

• → Spanish: puma
  • → Bulgarian: пума (puma)
  • → Catalan: puma
  • → Danish: puma
  • → Dutch: poema
  • → English: puma
    • → Irish: púma
    • → Malay: puma
    • → Swedish: puma
    • → Welsh: pwma
  • → Estonian: puuma
  • → French: puma
    • → Romanian: puma
  • → German: Puma
    • →? Czech: puma
    • → Faroese: puma
    • → Finnish: puuma
    • → Hungarian: puma
    • →? Swedish: puma
  • → Greek: πούμα (poúma)
  • → Icelandic: púma
  • → Irish: púma
  • → Italian: puma
  • → Macedonian: пума (puma)
  • → Norwegian: puma
  • → Polish: puma
  • → Portuguese: puma
  • → Russian: пу́ма (púma)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pȕma / пу̏ма
  • → Sicilian: puma
  • → Slovak: puma
  • → Slovene: púma
  • → Swedish: puma
  • → Translingual: Puma (see there for further descendants)
• Translingual: Puma

References

• Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2005), “puma”, in Diccionario quechua-español-quechua/Qheswa-español-qheswa simi taqe‎^[4], Cuzco: Regional Government of Cuzco

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French puma.

Noun

puma f (uncountable)

1. puma

Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pȕma f (Cyrillic spelling пу̏ма)

1. puma

Declension

Declension of puma

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pume
genitive	pume	puma
dative	pumi	pumama
accusative	pumu	pume
vocative	pumo	pume
locative	pumi	pumama
instrumental	pumom	pumama

Sicilian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”).

Noun

puma m

1. plural of pumu

Descendants

• Sicilian: Puma (Sicilian surname)
  • → Italian: Puma

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

puma m

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

Slovak

puma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puma/, [ˈpuma]
• Rhymes: -uma
• Hyphenation: pu‧ma

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Quechuan *puma

Quechua pumabor.

▲

Spanish pumainflu.

Slovak puma

Borrowed from Quechua puma, poma, which came into European languages through Spanish puma. First attested in the 20th century.

Noun

puma f

1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)

Declension

Declension of puma
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pumy
genitive	pumy	púm
dative	pume	pumám
accusative	pumu	pumy
locative	pume	pumách
instrumental	pumou	pumami

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Slovak puma, borrowed from Germanic.

Noun

puma f (relational adjective pumový)

1. bomb

Declension

Declension of puma
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	puma	pumy
genitive	pumy	púm
dative	pume	pumám
accusative	pumu	pumy
locative	pume	pumách
instrumental	pumou	pumami

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2026

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pùːma/

Noun

púma f

1. puma, mountain lion (Puma concolor)

Declension

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

puma

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Quechuan *puma

Quechua pumabor.

Spanish puma

Borrowed from Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puma m (plural pumas)

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

Descendants

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: пума (puma)
• → Catalan: puma
• → Danish: puma
• → Dutch: poema
• → English: puma
  • → Irish: púma
  • → Malay: puma
  • → Swedish: puma
  • → Welsh: pwma
• → Estonian: puuma
• → French: puma
  • → Romanian: puma
• → German: Puma
  • →? Czech: puma
  • → Faroese: puma
  • → Finnish: puuma
  • → Hungarian: puma
  • →? Swedish: puma
• → Greek: πούμα (poúma)
• → Icelandic: púma
• → Irish: púma
• → Italian: puma
• → Macedonian: пума (puma)
• → Norwegian: puma
• → Polish: puma
• → Portuguese: puma
• → Russian: пу́ма (púma)
• → Serbo-Croatian: pȕma / пу̏ма
• → Sicilian: puma
• → Slovak: puma
• → Slovene: púma
• → Swedish: puma
• → Translingual: Puma (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “puma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-puma (infinitive kupuma)

1. to exhale
2. to throb, pulsate

Conjugation

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.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Conversive: -pumua (“to breathe; to rest”)

Swazi

Verb

-puma

1. to burst

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Swedish

en puma (sense 1)

en puma (sense 2)

Etymology

From Spanish puma. At least since the 1990s in (sense 2).

Noun

puma c

2. cougar, mountain lion, puma, Puma concolor
4. (slang) a fox (very sexy woman)

   Wow, vilken puma!

   Wow, what a fox!

   en riktig puma

   a real fox

Usage notes

Cougar is sometimes used as a loanword in the English sense.

Declension

Declension of puma

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	puma	pumas
	definite	puman	pumans
plural	indefinite	pumor	pumors
	definite	pumorna	pumornas

References

• “puma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “puma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “puma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• Fula Ordboken
• Slangopedia

Turkish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Quechuan *puma

Quechua pumabor.

Spanish pumabor.

Turkish puma

Borrowed from Spanish puma, borrowed from Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puˈma/

Noun

puma (definite accusative pumayı, plural pumalar)

1. cougar, puma, mountain lion, any wild felid of the species Puma concolor, native to the Americas

   Synonym: dağ aslanı

Declension

Declension of puma

singular plural nominative puma pumalar definite accusative pumayı pumaları dative pumaya pumalara locative pumada pumalarda ablative pumadan pumalardan genitive pumanın pumaların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular pumam pumalarım 2nd singular puman pumaların 3rd singular puması pumaları 1st plural pumamız pumalarımız 2nd plural pumanız pumalarınız 3rd plural pumaları pumaları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular pumamı pumalarımı 2nd singular pumanı pumalarını 3rd singular pumasını pumalarını 1st plural pumamızı pumalarımızı 2nd plural pumanızı pumalarınızı 3rd plural pumalarını pumalarını dative singular plural 1st singular pumama pumalarıma 2nd singular pumana pumalarına 3rd singular pumasına pumalarına 1st plural pumamıza pumalarımıza 2nd plural pumanıza pumalarınıza 3rd plural pumalarına pumalarına locative singular plural 1st singular pumamda pumalarımda 2nd singular pumanda pumalarında 3rd singular pumasında pumalarında 1st plural pumamızda pumalarımızda 2nd plural pumanızda pumalarınızda 3rd plural pumalarında pumalarında ablative singular plural 1st singular pumamdan pumalarımdan 2nd singular pumandan pumalarından 3rd singular pumasından pumalarından 1st plural pumamızdan pumalarımızdan 2nd plural pumanızdan pumalarınızdan 3rd plural pumalarından pumalarından genitive singular plural 1st singular pumamın pumalarımın 2nd singular pumanın pumalarının 3rd singular pumasının pumalarının 1st plural pumamızın pumalarımızın 2nd plural pumanızın pumalarınızın 3rd plural pumalarının pumalarının

Further reading

• “puma”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “puma”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “puma”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 4, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3905
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “puma”, in Nişanyan Sözlük