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Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish توم (tüm), from Proto-Turkic *tüm (“all, entirely”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tüm (not comparable)
- entire, complete
- all
Tüm gece çalıştım.- I worked all night.
Synonyms
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from German Turm.
Pronunciation
Noun
tüm (nominative plural tüms)
- tower
- 1938, Albert Sleumer, "Daved Volapüka", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issues 4 (pages 26-30) and 5 (pages 34-38).
Bi suvikna etevom da län foginik so ömik, / senälom, do sevom dub tälen okik pükis mödik, / ga liedi go bidäliki in ladäl, das, sisä tüm di ‚Babel‛ pibumon, / pük nonik binon tuvovik, kel sevädon pö valikans.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:Leklär edrefon tümi.- Lightning struck the tower.
Declension
declension of tüm
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only