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tum utm tmu mtu umt mut

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Definitions and meaning of tum

tum

Translingual

Symbol

tum

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tumbuka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌm/
• Rhymes: -ʌm

Noun

tum (plural tums)

1. shortened form of tummy

   Synonym: tum-tum

See also

Anagrams

• MTU, Mut., UTM, mut.

Balinese

Romanization

tum

1. Romanization of ᬢᬸᬫ᭄

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊm/

Noun

tum

1. an ancient jar that is large in the middle and opening, having a black surface and no design

Verb

tum

1. to heat; to warm

2. to host lot of people for a long period of time

Irish

Alternative forms

• tom

Etymology

From Middle Irish tummid.

Verb

tum (present analytic tumann, future analytic tumfaidh, verbal noun tumadh, past participle tumtha) (transitive, intransitive)

1. to dip (lower into a liquid), immerse, plunge, duck, submerge
2. to dip (treat cattle or sheep by immersion)
3. to dive (jump into water head-first; descend)
4. to pitch (move so that the front of the craft goes alternatively up and down)

   Synonym: bocáil

Conjugation

Derived terms

• tumadóir

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “tomaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 744
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tum”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Javanese

Romanization

tum

1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦩ꧀

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *tom, from Proto-Indo-European *tóm, accusative of *só. Cf. its feminine form Latin tam, as in tamquam. Cognate with Ancient Greek τότε (tóte).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tum/, [t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tum/, [t̪um]

Adverb

tum (not comparable)

1. then, thereupon

2. at the time, at that time, then

   tum primum ― for the first time, then at first
3. further on

Usage notes

Often coupled with cum

1. Such that "tum x, cum y" = "then x, when y"
2. "cum x tum y" = "not only x but also y"

Synonyms

• (then): deinde
• (at that time): tunc

Derived terms

• tunc

Related terms

References

• “tum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tum in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• tum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle English

Adjective

tum

1. (Northern) Alternative form of tome (“empty”)

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse þumi, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

Noun

tum

1. thumb

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *t₁um (“to boil, to distil”) (compare Thai ต้ม (dtôm, “to boil”), Khmer ដាំ (dam, “to boil”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʊm/
• Rhymes: -tum
• Hyphenation: tum

Verb

tum

1. (cooking) to cook by warping by banana leaf then steamed

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦠꦸꦩ꧀ (tum)
• → Balinese: ᬢᬸᬫ᭄ (tum)

Portuguese

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Interjection

tum

1. (onomatopoeia) crash (to collide with something)

   Synonym: crás

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tummaid (“dips, plunges, immerses”).

Verb

tum (past thum, future tumaidh, verbal noun tumadh, past participle tumta)

1. plunge, immerse, dip, duck, steep

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “tummaid, tu(i)mmid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Edward Dwelly (1911) “tum”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Sumerian

Romanization

tum

1. Romanization of 𒌈 (tum)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tumme.

Noun

tum c

1. inch; a measure of length

Usage notes

At least three different lengths can be intended: before 1855 it corresponded to 24.74 mm (also known as verktum); between 1855 and 1889 it was 29.69 mm (decimaltum). Today it mainly refers to imperial inches (engelsk tum), i.e. 25.40 mm.

Declension

Related terms

• decimaltum
• fyrtumsspik
• tumgänga
• tumstjock
• tumstock
• verktum

Tabasco Zoque

Numeral

tum

1. one

References

• A. G. de León G., El ayapaneco: una variante del zoqueano en Ja Chontalpa tabasquena [The Ayapaneco dialect: a variant of the Zoque language in the Chontalpa region of Tabasco]

Ternate

Etymology

From tumu, with word-final vowel deletion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtum]

Verb

tum

1. Alternative form of tumu (“to dive, leap down from”)

Conjugation

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tum˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tum˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tʊm˧˧]

Noun

tum • (𡉾)

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Volapük

Numeral

tum

1. hundred

Usage notes

This word must be preceded by a numeral for a single-digit number, so "one hundred" is expressed in Volapük as "baltum."

Derived terms

• teltum (“two hundred”)
• kiltum (“three hundred”)
• foltum (“four hundred”)
• lultum (“five hundred”)
• mältum (“six hundred”)
• veltum (“seven hundred”)
• jöltum (“eight hundred”)
• zültum (“nine hundred”)

Source: wiktionary.org