noumper

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === nompere, noounpier, noumpere, noumpiere, nounpeer ompar, omper, umpeire, umper, umpere (with reanalysis) nowmpere, nowmpowre, nwmpere, owmpere (Promptorium Parvulorum) === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French nonper (“peerless”), from Old French nonper; equivalent to non- (“non-”) +‎ per (“peer”); forms lacking initial n- are due to reanalysis of a noumpere as an umpere. First attested in c. 1350. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nuːmˈpeːr/, /numˈpeːr/ IPA(key): /uːmˈpeːr/, /umˈpeːr/ (with reanalysis) === Noun === noumper An arbitrator; an umpire. A fallback arbitrator (if arbitrators are undecided). ==== Descendants ==== English: umpire (obsolete umper, umpeer)→ Māori: amapaea→ Scots: umpire→ Spanish: umpire, ampaya, ampáyer, ompáyer ==== References ==== “nǒumper(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 May 2018.