Mêtî

pluma

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. (feminine) plume (large and showy feather)
  2. (feminine) upwelling of molten material from the Earth's mantle (mantle plume)

Têgeh

Pircarînî

34k
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈplũ.mɐ/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

Borrowed from Latin plūma (“feather”) (Latin pl- normally becomes ch- in inherited Portuguese); compare the semi-learned Old Galician-Portuguese pruma. See also chumaço, which was popularly inherited and underwent the usual sound changes.

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