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The word Kumutu has a variety of meanings. In Saramaccan, a language of Suriname, Kumútu means to leave or "go out from"〔Routledge and Dalby. 1969. African Language Review, Volume 8〕 or Kumutu a döö means to "come outside".〔http://www.sil.org/americas/suriname/Saramaccan/English/SaramEngDictIndex.html?Dict/k.html〕 It is the idea of "going outside" in which the word Kumutu refers to. For example, "Mi hopo kumutu a di wosu" literally means "I get up and go out of the house"〔Rountree, S. Catherine. 1972. "Saramaccan tone in relation to intonation and grammar."〕 The word Kumutu is also found frequently in African languages with alternative meanings. For example it means "sieve" in Zanzibar,〔Ingrams, William Harold . 1931. "Zanzibar, its history and its people"〕 or "up-stream" in the Buluba-Lulua language spoken in the Congo Basin.〔Morrison, William McCutchan. 1906. "Grammar and dictionary of the Buluba-Lulua language"〕 ==Other uses== Kumutu also refers to one of the Manchu clans, Kumutu Hala (Sinicized :库穆图氏).〔List of Manchu clans in alphabetical order〕 The word Kumutu is also used by a Finnish musical society, the "Kuusankosken Musiikkiluokkien Tuki Ry" (translation: "Kuusankosken Music Classes Support Association"), or Kumutu Ry.〔http://www.kumutu.fi/〕 The word "Kumutu" was also adopted by the American outdoor adventure company Kumutu Inc because of its association with 'going out'.〔http://www.kumutu.com〕 Kumutu is the name of a small village in Nigeria. This village has been reported to be Christian and burned by the Taliban in 2006.〔http://www.christiantoday.com/article/taliban.militia.attack.christians.in.nigeria/6832.htm〕 Comot or Komot in pidgin English spoken in Cameroon and Nigeria denotes to walk out, to leave, e.g. the house or from the way or simply get away...!(comot for there..!)Origin of the word is not known. This goes out to explain the relationship and interaction Africa must have had with the Americas perhaps even before the slave trade. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kumutu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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