English

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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

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

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /tʊmp/
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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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See also

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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tumb (plural tumbes)

  1. Alternative form of tombe (tomb)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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tumb (plural tumbes)

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

Nawdm

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Noun

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tumb b (plural tumni ɦi)

  1. iroko, Milicia excelsa

References

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  • Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane, Nicole, Jacques (2018) Nawdm-French Dictionary[1], SIL International

Old High German

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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tumb

  1. dumb
  2. stupid

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: tump
    • German: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic)
    • Hunsrik: dumm
    • Luxembourgish: domm