dume

See also: dumę

Esperanto

Etymology

dum +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdume/

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• Rhymes: -ume
• Hyphenation: 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

• doume, tūme

Etymology

From Old High German dūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th 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

• Cimbrian: daumo
• German: Daumen
• Central Franconian:
  • Hunsrik: Daume
  • Luxembourgish: Daum
• Rhine Franconian:
  • 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
• "hūs" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Swahili

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dume

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Pronunciation

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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