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Sumains

Sumains is the plural of Sumain.

Meaning of Sumain

Noun

Sumain (plural Sumains)

  1. (neologism, uncommon, Deaf culture, sign language) Someone who communicates primarily using a sign language.
    • Growing up I lived as "passing as a hearing-identified person" who was taught the English language through speech training. Upon discovery of ASL and the DEAF-WORLD, the ease of conversations changed my life. Nowadays, I'm a Sumain; "a coined word from two languages - Su - your; main - hands which...2015 January 9, Marla Berkowitz, quotee, “A Conversation with Marla Berkowitz, ASL Senior Lecturer”, in OSU Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures, archived from the original on 06 Jun 2023

Questions about Sumains

What is Sumains the plural of?
Sumains is the plural of Sumain.

Words near Sumains in the dictionary

  1. Sumag Norte
  2. Sumag Weste
  3. Sumagdang
  4. sumagh
  5. Sumain
  6. Sumains
  7. sumak
  8. Sumalang
  9. Sumali
  10. suman
  11. Sumana

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