gume

See also: gumě, gumę, and güme

Galician

Etymology

Attested since circa 1390. From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡume̝/

Noun

gume m (plural gumes)

1. edge (thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument)
   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:

     Et tragia aynda hũa sua espada que era moy fremosa et moy forte d'agume, et moy clara et moy luzente, et auia nome Durandas

     And he also brought a sword that was very beauty and very strong in its edge, and very clear and very shining, and it had by name Durandal

References

• “agume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “agume” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “gume” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “gume” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “gume” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Garo

Noun

gume

1. husband of elder sister

Synonyms

• gumetang (formal)
• gumegipa (formal)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English guma.

Noun

gume

1. Alternative form of gome (“man”)

Etymology 2

From Old English gōma.

Noun

gume

1. Alternative form of gome (“gum”)

Etymology 3

From Anglo-Norman gome.

Noun

gume

1. Alternative form of gumme

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡũ.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡũ.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.mɨ/

Noun

gume m (plural gumes)

1. edge (thin cutting side of a blade)

   Synonyms: corte, fio, releixo

2. acumen; acuteness (preciseness of perception)

   Synonyms: acume, agudeza, perspicácia

See also

• afiado
• agudo
• lâmina

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡume]

Noun

gume f pl

1. inflection of gumă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular