τσούμα

• τσιούμα (tsioúma) — alt. spelling
• τσούμπα (tsoúmpa), τζούμα (tzoúma), τζούμπα (tzoúmpa)

Compare Aromanian ciumã (“summit, peak”), as well as τσούκα (tsoúka, “mountaintop”). The variant with /b/ may have arisen by influence of τούμπα (toúmpa).

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃuma/, /d͡ʒ-/, /-mba/

τσούμα • (tsoúma) f (dialectal, Epirus)

1. cluster of trees on a pointed mountain peak
2. (Sarakatsanika) mountaintop, peak, smaller than τσουγγάνι (tsoungáni)

   Synonym: κορυφή (koryfí)

• Bogas GII, vol. 1, page 405: “τσ̌ούμα”; vol. 2, page 187: “τζ̌ούμπα” → “τσ̌ούμα”
• Höeg Saracatsans, vol. 1, page 188: “čúmba”; vol. 2, page 195a: “τσιούμπα”