tüm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tum"

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish توم (tüm), from Proto-Turkic *tüm (all, entirely).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tym/

Adjective

tüm (not comparable)

  1. entire, complete
  2. all
    Tüm gece çalıştım.
    I worked all night.

Synonyms

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Turm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tym/

Noun

tüm (genitive tüma, plural tüms)

  1. 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.
      Because he arrived from such a distant country, / he knows, in order to learn, thanks to his talent of many languages, / but spoken so differently in the region that, since the tower of Babel had been built, / no language is found that is known by all.
    • 1931, Arie de Jong, Gramat Volapüka, § 256:
      Leklär edrefon tümi.
      Lightning struck the tower.

Declension

Declension of tüm
Singular Plural
Nominative tüm tüms
Genitive tüma tümas
Dative tüme tümes
Accusative tümi tümis
Predicative1 tümu tümus
Vocative o tüm o tüms
  1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.