puma

See also: Puma, pumă, and púma

English

puma

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puːmə/, /pjuːmə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːmə
• Hyphenation: pu‧ma

Noun

puma (plural pumas)

1. 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.

Descendants

• → Malay: puma
• → Swedish: puma

Translations

Puma concolor — see cougar

Anagrams

• paum, upma

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Classical Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

puma m (plural pumes)

1. puma

Further reading

• “puma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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]

Etymology 1

Possibly via German Puma, ultimately from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

puma f (related 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.)

Noun

puma f (related 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

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

Declension of puma
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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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 Det Norske Akademis ordbok (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

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, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• puma in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

puma

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpũ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpũ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpu.mɐ/

• 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: onça-parda, suçuarana, leão-baio, leão-da-montanha

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
  • → English: puma
    • → Malay: puma
    • → Swedish: puma
  • → 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) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua/Qheswa-español-qheswa simi taqe‎^[2], Cuzco: Regional Government of Cuzco

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French puma.

Noun

puma f (uncountable)

1. puma

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	puma	puma
genitive-dative	{{{pl}}}	{{{pl}}}i
vocative

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): /ˈpu.ma/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish puma, from Quechua puma.

Noun

puma f

1. puma, cougar (Puma concolor)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Slovak puma. Borrowed from Germanic.

Noun

puma f (related adjective pumový)

1. bomb

Declension

Declension of puma

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

See also

• puma on the Slovak Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^sk

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, 2003–2024

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pùːma/

Noun

púma f

1. puma, mountain lion (Puma concolor)

Inflection

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

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
• → English: puma
  • → Malay: puma
  • → Swedish: puma
• → 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 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Etymology

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English puma. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

puma c

1. a cougar (Puma concolor)
2. (slang) a cougar; a woman who is attractive despite her age

Declension

Declension of puma

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

See also

• MILF

References

• puma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• puma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• puma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)