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Norwegian Bokmål
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Noun
rumpa m or f
- definite feminine singular of rumpe
Old Swedish
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Etymology
First attested in the 13th century.
Noun
rumpa
- tail
- Knut Fredrik Söderwall ((Can we date this quote?)) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (in Swedish), published 1900, page 269: “han (räfven) longa rumpa dragher ― he (the fox) long tail drags”
- butt, buttocks (of humans)
- Knut Fredrik Söderwall ((Can we date this quote?)) Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket (in Swedish), published 1900, page 269: “the wordo sa qwastad a thera rompa”
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Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish rumpa (“tail; buttocks”).
Noun
rumpa c
- (somewhat colloquial) a butt, a backside, a rump
- (obsolete) a tail
Usage notes
Bit more cutesy-sounding compared to stjärt.
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