kum1mkumu1deathWa yaa kpi nyin koku la, wa yaa wom wa suoku kumu.When he had died and appeared as a ghost, he heard about his brother's death.Kumu a ko nurma.Death killed people.kum biok, def. kum bioku, pl. kum baatabad death (e.g. death of a leper, a suicide etc.)kum welinggood death (as compared to kum biok)kum-tuok, pl. kum-toaasabitter death, sudden death, e.g. death in war or in the bush (when nobody holds the head of the dying person)Babatu kpalingka po ti koma kpi ka kum tuok.In Babatu’s war our ancestors died a bitter death.ku(m)-yogsuk [l l m]lit. fresh death; death that has just occurred2end (restr.)chiika kumat the end of the month (at the moon's death)Ba biag mu ka burinya chiika kumu dai.I was born at the end of December.Cf. also da-kum (cf. daama) n.kuub n., kum 2 v., ko 2 v.
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