dume

See also: dumę

Esperanto

Etymology

dum +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdume/
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  • Rhymes: -ume
  • Syllabification: du‧me

Adverb

dume

  1. meanwhile
  2. for now
  3. in contrast, however

Latin

Noun

dūme

  1. vocative singular of dūmus

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Inherited from Old High German dūmo.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈduːmə/

    Noun

    dūme m

    1. thumb

    Declension

    Declension of dūme (weak masculine)
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein dër dūme die dūmen
    genitive eines dës dūmen dër dūmen
    dative eime dëm dūmen dën dūmen
    accusative einen dën dūmen die dūmen

    Descendants

    • Alemannic German: Tuume, Duume
    • Bavarian: Daam, Dama
    • Central Franconian: Dumme, Dumm, Daume, Daum
    • German: Daumen
    • Rhine Franconian: Daume, (Lorraine) Dumme
      • Pennsylvania German: Daume

    References

    • Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “dume”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
    • Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “dūme”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition

    Swahili

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀dʊ́mè.

    Noun

    dume class V (plural madume class VI)

    1. male (typically of animals)

    Etymology 2

    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Adjective

    dume

    1. n class(IX/X) inflected form of -ume
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