Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Umi in India is the name of a plant defined with Crotalaria juncea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Crotalaria juncea Willd. (among others).

2) Umi in South America is also identified with Pithecellobium dulce It has the synonym Albizia dulcis F. Muell. (etc.).

3) Umi in Southern Africa is also identified with Strychnos cocculoides It has the synonym Strychnos suberosa De Wild..

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· London Journal of Botany (1844)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1817)
· Botany (1978)
· Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. (1845)
· Bulletin de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles-lettres de Bruxelles (1843)
· Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. (1994)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Umi, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, side effects, chemical composition, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

ūmi : (f.) a wave.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ūmī, & Ūmi (f.) (Sk. ūrmi, fr. Idg. *ǔel (see nibbāna I. 2); cp. Gr. e)lu/w io wind, e(λic wound; Lat. volvo to roll; Ags. wylm wave; Ohg. wallan; also Sk. ulva, varutra, valaya, valli, vṛṇoti. See details in Walde, Lat. Wtb. under volvo) a wave M. I, 460 (°bhaya); S. IV, 157; V, 123 (°jāta); A. III, 232 sq. (id.); Sn. 920; J. II, 216; III, 262; IV, 141; Miln. 260 (°jāta).—Note. A parallel form of ūmī is ummī. (Page 158)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Unmi (उन्मि):—[=un-√mi] (ud- √1. mi) [Parasmaipada] (3. [plural] -minvanti) to set upright (e.g. a post), [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa ii, 2, 7.]

2) Unmī (उन्मी):—[=un-√mī] (ud-√mī) [Parasmaipada] ([Potential] -mimīyāt, [Ṛg-veda x, 10, 9]) [Ātmanepada] (or [Passive voice]?) -mīyate ([Chāndogya-upaniṣad viii, 6, 5]), to disappear.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Umi (ಉಮಿ):—

1) [noun] the husks of paddy, wheat or other grain separated in hulling, threshing or winnowing; chaff; the hull;2) [noun] skin or outer shell of any fruit.

3) [noun] ಉಮಿ ಕುಟ್ಟಿ ಕೈ ಗುಳ್ಳೆ ಆಯಿತು [umi kutti kai gulle ayitu] umi kuṭṭi kai guḷḷe āyitu (prov.) useless work results in but fatigue.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Mi, Un.

Starts with (+3): Umi Sutta, Umika, Umikacceti, Umikkarappan, Umikkur, Umil, Umil-nirperukki, Umili, Umilnirpperukki, Umilvu, Uminakam, Uminir, Uminyela, Umiri, Umirirana, Umisha, Umishra, Umit, Umittavitu, Umivu.

Ends with (+462): Abhimukhibhumi, Abhishekabhumi, Abhumi, Acalabhumi, Acanakirumi, Achalabhumi, Adhibhumi, Adhimukticaryabhumi, Adhivasabhumi, Adhobhumi, Adibhumi, Agrabhumi, Aharabhumi, Ahavabhumi, Aibhumi, Ajibhumi, Akarmabhumi, Akavapumi, Akhetabhumi, Akridabhumi.

Full-text (+5): Unmi, Uminir, Kurrumi, Unmita, Umikkarappan, Uminakam, Umika, Unmilita, Unmishita, Toliyal, Payarrumi, Kurumi, Umikkur, Ummi, Umivu, Umittavitu, Sampahara, Konkai, Sagara Brahmadatta, Urmi.

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