tomm

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Proto-Celtic *teɸesmis, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”). Compare Irish te.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔmː/

Adjective

tomm

1. warm

   Antonym: yen

   Tomm eo an dour.

   The water is warm.

Mutation

Mutation of tomm

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
simple form	tomm	domm	never occurs	never occurs
comparative	tommoc'h	dommoc'h	never occurs	never occurs
superlative	tommañ	dommañ	zommañ	unchanged
exclamative	tommat	dommat	zommat	unchanged

Cornish

Alternative forms

• tobm (Revived Late Cornish)

Etymology

From Middle Cornish tum, from Old Cornish toim, from Proto-Brythonic *tuɨm, from Proto-Celtic *teɸesmis, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”). Cognate with Welsh twym and Breton tomm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɤmː/

Adjective

tomm (comparative tomma, superlative an tomma)

1. hot, warm

   Synonyms: pooth, tesek

2. enthusiastic, zealous

Derived terms

• dowr tomm (“brandy”)
• dowr tomm Alban (“Scotch whisky”)
• dowr tomm Iwerdhon (“Irish whiskey”)
• dowr tomm molas (“rum”)
• jynn-tomma, tommell (“heater”)
• pel ayr tomm (“hot air balloon”)
• ruttyans tomm (“heat rub”)
• tomder (“heat, warmth”)
• tomm y woos (“hot-blooded”)
• tomma (“warm, become warm”, verb)
• tommhe (“heat, warm”, verb)
• tommheans (“heating”)
• tommheans kres (“central heating”)
• tommheans ollvysel (“global warming”)

Verb

tomm

1. third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of tomma
2. second-person singular imperative of tomma

Mutation

Mutation of tomm

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
tomm	domm	thomm	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.