tumb

== English == === Etymology === 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 === Rhymes: -ʌm === Verb === tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed) (intransitive, archaic) To tumble; jump; dance. ==== Related terms ==== tumble == German == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /tʊmp/ === Adjective === tumb (strong nominative masculine singular tumber, comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten) (rare, literary, dated) simple-minded; naive; oafish ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== dumb == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== tumb (plural tumbes) alternative form of tombe (“tomb”) === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== tumb (plural tumbes) (Northern) alternative form of thombe (“thumb”) == Nawdm == === Noun === tumb b (plural tumni ɦi) iroko, Milicia excelsa === References === Bakabima, Koulon Stéphane; Nicole, Jacques (2018), Nawdm-French Dictionary‎[1] == Old High German == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *dumb, see also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic 𐌳𐌿𐌼𐌱𐍃 (dumbs). === Adjective === tumb dumb stupid ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: tump German: dumm (Central German), tumb (Upper German, archaic) Hunsrik: dumm Luxembourgish: domm