duim

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See also: dùim

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duim.

Pronunciation

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Noun

duim (plural duime, diminutive duimpie)

  1. (anatomy) thumb

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

Compare West Frisian tomme, Low German Dumen, German Daumen, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme.

Noun

duim m (plural duimen, diminutive duimpje n)

  1. thumb, the inner-most finger
  2. inch
  3. pintle (jointed pivot of a hinge, consisting of the pin and the non-moving leaf)
    Coordinate term: heng
Alternative forms
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: duim
  • Negerhollands: tompi
  • → Aukan: doin
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: doi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dim
  • → Indonesian: dim
  • → Papiamentu: dùim, duim
  • → Russian: дюйм (djujm)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duim

  1. inflection of duimen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Latin

Verb

duim

  1. (archaic) first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō; synonym of dem

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare uimă.

Noun

duim n (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) gonorrhea

Declension

declension of duim (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) duim duimul
genitive/dative (unui) duim duimului
vocative duimule

References

  • duim in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tok Pisin

Verb

duim

  1. to force someone; to challenge someone
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