tumb

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (to tumble, leap, dance), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (to turn round). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (to turn round), Icelandic tumba (to tumble). See tumble.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed in the 19th century from written Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb. The inherited form of this word is tumm (Upper German, archaic).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʊmp/
  • (file)

Adjective[edit]

tumb (strong nominative masculine singular tumber, comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten)

  1. (rare, literary, dated) simple-minded; naive; oafish

Declension[edit]

See also[edit]

Middle English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

tumb (plural tumbes)

  1. Alternative form of tombe (tomb)

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

tumb (plural tumbes)

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of thombe (thumb)

Nawdm[edit]

Noun[edit]

tumb b (plural tumni ɦi)

  1. iroko, Milicia excelsa

References[edit]

  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary[1], SIL International

Old High German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-West Germanic *dumb, see also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs).

Adjective[edit]

tumb

  1. dumb
  2. stupid

Descendants[edit]

  • German: tumb; dumm (influenced by Central and Low German)