tumme

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Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tumˈme/,
  • Hyphenation: tum‧me

Noun

tummé f 

  1. elbowing; nudge; poke

Declension

Declension of tummé
absolutive tummé
predicative tummé
subjective tummé
genitive tummé
Postpositioned forms
l-case tummél
k-case tummék
t-case tummét
h-case tumméh

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “tumme”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þumi, from Old Norse þúmi, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô (“thumb”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key):

Noun

tumme c

  1. a thumb; a digit
  2. the part of a glove or mitten covering the thumb

Declension

Declension of tumme 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tumme tummen tummar tummarna
Genitive tummes tummens tummars tummarnas

Derived terms

References

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