tumb

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English

Etymology

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (to tumble, leap, dance), from Proto-Germanic *tūmōną (to turn round). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (to turn round), Icelandic tumba (to tumble). See tumble.

Pronunciation

Verb

tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

  1. (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance.

Related terms

German

Etymology

Borrowed in the 19th century from written Middle High German tump, from Old High German tumb. The inherited form of this word is tumm (Upper German, archaic).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʊmp/
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Adjective

tumb (strong nominative masculine singular tumber, comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten)

  1. (rare, literary, dated) simple-minded; naive; oafish

Declension

See also

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tumb (plural tumbes)

  1. Alternative form of tombe (tomb)

Etymology 2

Noun

tumb (plural tumbes)

  1. (Northern) Alternative form of thombe (thumb)

Nawdm

Noun

tumb b (plural tumni ɦi)

  1. iroko, Milicia excelsa

References

  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary, SIL International

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dumb, see also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs).

Adjective

tumb

  1. dumb
  2. stupid

Descendants

  • German: tumb; dumm (influenced by Central and Low German)