thum

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See also: -thum

Irish

Verb

thum

  1. analytic past indicative of tum

Kalasha

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá). Cognate with Hindi धूआँ (dhūā̃), Lithuanian dū́mas, Spanish humo.

Noun

thum

  1. smoke

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

thum

  1. past of tum

Tedim Chin

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum.

Numeral

thum

  1. three

References

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

thum (𡪜)

  1. (hunting) hide (spot where hunters hide and await for game)
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 5, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Chỉ còn ăn nhau ở cái kỹ càng của nghệ thuật ngồi "thum".
      There was only left to compete in the finer points of hide sitting.

Zotung Chin

Zotung Chin cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : thum

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum. Cognates include Mizo pa-thum and Zou thum.

Pronunciation

Noun

thum

  1. three

See also

References

  1. ^ Kenneth VanBik (2009 October 20) The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus, page 559:*lii [1022]

Zou

Zou cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : thum

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *thum, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-sum. Cognates include Burmese သုံး (sum:) and Tibetan གསུམ (gsum).

Pronunciation

Numeral

thum

  1. three

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 61