توم

See also: تؤم, ثوم, and بوم

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːm/

Noun

توم • (tōm) m

1. garlic

Gulf Arabic

Root
ت و م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam). Compare Hebrew תּוֹם (tom).

Noun

توم • (tōm) m or f by sense (plural تَوائِم (tawāʔim))

1. twin

Malay

Noun

توم (plural توم-توم or توم۲, informal 1st possessive تومکو, 2nd possessive توممو, 3rd possessive تومڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of tum

Interjection

توم

1. Jawi spelling of tum

Mazanderani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Adjective

توم (tom)

1. completed, finished, done

   زمسن د توم وونه وهار اینه

   zemessen da tom vune vehar eyne

   Winter is coming to an end, spring is coming

Shina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːm/

Adjective

توم (tom)

1. own, self

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːm/, [toːm]

• Audio (Ramallah)

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Etymology 1

From Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam).

Noun

توم • (tōm) m (plural توام (twām))

1. (pair of) twins

   شقة توم ― šaʔʔet tōm ― a twin

Etymology 2

From Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm).

Noun

توم • (tōm) m (collective)

1. garlic

   راس تومة ― rās tōme ― a head of garlic

   زر تومة ― zerr tōme ― a clove of garlic

Ternate

توم

Etymology

From Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (tom), from Old Javanese tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tom/

Noun

توم (Rumi tom)

1. indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh