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chooma verb to kiss la19. etymology: origin obscure; Romany attests choom with the same meaning; or perhaps a development from Hindi cumna ‘to kiss’; collected by Joseph F G S Lucas from Kirk Yetholm Gypsies note:

Grellmann (1787) collected the forms Tʃchuma, Tʃchumauna ‘To Kiss’ which he attests as ‘Hindoʃtan’ from Continental gipsies.

Smart & Crofton (1875) collected the forms Choóma noun and verb ‘a kiss and to kiss’ from English Gypsies.