sumo

• sumō

Borrowed from Japanese 相(す)撲(もう) (sumō).

• enPR: so͞o'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈsuːməʊ/

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• Rhymes: -uːməʊ

sumo (countable and uncountable, plural sumo or sumos)

1. (uncountable) A stylised Japanese form of wrestling in which a wrestler loses if he is forced from the ring, or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground.
2. (countable, colloquial) A rikishi (sumo wrestler).

• kanjin-sumo
• sumo deadlift
• sumo squat

• MOUs, MoUs, Mous, muso, soum, USOM

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsu.mu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈsu.mo]

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sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

• Hyphenation: su‧mo

sumo

1. monotonous; tedious, repetitious or lacking in variety
2. slow-burning

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/

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• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

sumo (accusative singular sumon, plural sumoj, accusative plural sumojn)

1. sum

Borrowed from Japanese. Compare English sumo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/, [ˈs̠umo̞]
• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification^(key): su‧mo
• Hyphenation^(key): su‧mo

sumo

1. (sports) sumo (wrestling style of Japanese origin)

• “sumo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• IPA^(key): /sy.mo/, /su.mo/

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sumo m (plural sumos)

1. sumo
2. sumotori

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (すもう, sumō).

• IPA^(key): /su.mo/
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

sumo

1. (sports) sumo (Japanese traditional wrestling)

• pesumo (a sumo wrestler)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mo/
• Rhymes: -umo
• Hyphenation: sù‧mo

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

sumo m (invariable)

1. sumo (Japanese wrestling)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumere

• muso, musò

Inherited from Old Spanish çumo, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic زُوم (zūm, “juice, sap”), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós).

sumo m (Hebrew spelling סומו)^[1]

1. juice (liquid from a plant)
   • 2003, “Sefárdica”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), numbers 14–16, Centro de Investigación y Difusión de la Cultura Sefaradí, page 71:

     Otras biviendas eran los shurbetes (¹²) (şerbet en turko) de agua i sumo de fruta, i sovre todo de vijna, i la subiá (sübiye en turko) (o pipitada en djudeo‐espanyol), echa del sumo de las pipitas de melón sekadas i molidas, i metidas en mojo en agua en un panyo.

     Other beverages were sherbet (şerbet in Turkish) from water, fruit juice, and above all from cherries, and melon seed juice (sübye in Turkish, or pipitada in Judezmo), made from the juice of dried and ground melon kernels, and dipped in fabric in water.

• zumo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar
2. third-person singular preterite indicative of sumar

Ultimately from Proto-Italic *emō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-. By surface analysis, sub +‎ emō (“to buy, take”), with excrescent p in sūmpsī and sūmptum. According to Sihler, the term derives from earlier *susmō, from Proto-Italic *sups-(e)mō, from *emō.^[1][2] It is likely that this Latin term is related to Umbrian sumtu, although Buck argues that the Umbrian term cannot be explained form *sups-(e)mō.^[3] Instead, Buck suggests that the Umbrian term must derive from *sup(e)mō, which—according to Poultney—is the source for both the Umbrian and the Latin term.^[4] According to De Vaan, the perfect form sūmpsī is a later innovation that emerged because the term was no longer synchronically identifiable with emō.^[5] Sextus Pompeius Festus provides attestation for two additional perfect forms surēmi and surēmpsī. De Vaan suggests that these forms may derive from earlier Proto-Italic *suz-ēm-, itself from earlier *subs-ēm-. Alternatively, De Vaan suggests that these terms were remodeled after verbs such as suscipiō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsuː.mo]

sūmō (present infinitive sūmere, perfect active sūmpsī or surēmī or surēmpsī, supine sūmptum); third conjugation

1. to take, take up, catch, assume, seize, claim, arrogate
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.537–538:

     parva mora est, caelum vātēs ac nūmina sūmit
     fitque suī tōtō pectore plēna deī

     There is a brief pause; the prophetess assumes the divine powers of heaven, and in all her soul she is made full of her deity.
     (The prophetess is Carmenta.)

2. to undertake, begin, enter upon
3. to exact satisfaction, inflict punishment
4. to choose, select
5. to obtain, acquire, receive, get, take
6. to use, apply, employ, spend, consume
7. to adopt; borrow
8. to buy, purchase

   Synonyms: coëmō, comparo, emo

   Antonyms: addico, dēferō, vendo

9. to accept, presuppose, establish as a principle
10. to fascinate, charm
11. to put on

    Synonyms: indūcō, induō, saepiō, vēlō

    Antonyms: exuō, nūdō, spoliō

12. to take heart

¹At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• (seize): apprehendō, comprehendō, dēprehendō, prehendō, prehēnsō, teneō, capiō, arripiō
• (acquire): acquīrō, adipīscor, cōnsequor, parō, pariō, lucror, impetrō, mereō, teneō, emō, comparō, apīscor, obtineō, conciliō, nancīscor, potior, inveniō, colligō, alliciō
• (begin): incohō, exōrdior, occipiō, incipiō, coepiō, ōrdior, initiō, ineō, ingredior, aggredior, committō, exorior, moveō, mōlior
• (accept): accipio, recipio, ascīscō, concipio
• (select): dēsūmō, dēligō, ēligō, adoptō, optō, sēpōnō legō, dēstinō, capiō, creō
• (assume): adhibeō, assūmō, adoptō, suscipiō, induō, accipiō, indūcō, ineō, aggredior
• (undertake): ineo, obeo
• (use): utor, adhibeō, occupō, ūsūrpō, vēscor
• (consume): abutor, accido

• (antonym(s) of “begin”): subsistō, dēsistō, cessō, remittō
• (antonym(s) of “acquire”): āmittō

• “sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sumo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sumo in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “sumo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to require, give, take time for deliberation: tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere
    
  • to take something into one's hands: in manus(m) sumere aliquid
    
  • to take poison: venenum sumere, bibere
    
  • to commence a thing: initium facere, ducere, sumere (alicuius rei)
    
  • to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • to take a lesson from some one's example: sibi exemplum sumere ex aliquo or exemplum capere de aliquo
    
  • to derive an argument from a thing: argumentum ducere, sumere ex aliqua re or petere ab aliqua re
    
  • to assume a thing: sumere (opp. reicere) aliquid
    
  • to take up a book in one's hands: librum in manus sumere
    
  • to be haughty: magnos spiritus sibi sumere (B. G. 1. 33)
    
  • to take upon oneself: sibi sumere aliquid (Planc. 1. 3)
    
  • to assume the toga virilis: togam virilem (puram) sumere
    
  • to take food: cibum sumere, capere
    
  • to borrow money from some one: pecuniam mutuari or sumere mutuam ab aliquo
    
  • to assume a despotic tone: regios spiritus sibi sumere
    
  • to exact a penalty from some one: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    
  • to execute the death-sentence on a person: supplicium sumere de aliquo
    
  • to take up one's arms: arma capere, sumere
    

Unadapted borrowing from Japanese 相撲 (sumō).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mɔ/

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• Rhymes: -umɔ
• Syllabification: su‧mo

sumo n (indeclinable)

1. sumo

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

• Rhymes: -umu
• Hyphenation: su‧mo

Borrowed from Latin summus.

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest

• sumamente

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. summit, top

   Synonyms: cume, cimo

From Old Galician-Portuguese çumo, from Arabic زُوم (zūm, “juice, sap”), from Ancient Greek ζωμός (zōmós). Cognate of Galician zume and Spanish zumo.

• çumo, çume (Minho, Trás-os-Montes)

sumo m (plural sumos)

1. (Portugal) juice

   Synonym: (Brasil) suco

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

• sumô (Brazil)

sumo m (uncountable) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. (martial arts) sumo

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

• “sumo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumo/ [ˈsu.mo]

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• Rhymes: -umo
• Syllabification: su‧mo
• Homophone: (Latin America) zumo

Borrowed from Latin summus. Compare the inherited Old Spanish somo, cf. also Spanish somero.

sumo (feminine suma, masculine plural sumos, feminine plural sumas)

1. highest, greatest, superlative

   Caifás era sumo sacerdote.

   Caiaphas was the high priest.

2. utmost

   Synonym: máximo

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumar

sumo

1. first-person singular present indicative of sumir

Borrowed from Japanese 相撲 (sumō, “to mutually rush at”).

sumo m (uncountable)

1. (martial arts) sumo

   Hypernym: deporte de combate

• “sumo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024