juma
/xuma/from spelling rules
juma is the Spanish translation for juma.
How do you pronounce it?
/xuma/
Did you know?
- While juma is quite rare, it belongs to a class of Spanish words that undergo phonetic reduction, where the end of a word is dropped in colloquial speech.
- The word juma comes from the word jumera.
- The shortened form juma is a result of a linguistic process called 'apocope', where the final syllables of a word are dropped to increase speed in casual conversation.
Example conversation
Daniel and María are looking at a picture of animals.
- Daniel¿Qué animal es este, María?What animal is this, María?
- MaríaEs una juma, Daniel.It is a juma, Daniel.
- DanielNunca había visto una juma.I had never seen a juma before.
- MaríaSon muy interesantes.They are very interesting.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries juma, CC BY-SA 4.0.
