different between gummi vs nummi

English

Alternative forms

• gummie
• gummy

Etymology

From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).

Noun

gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis)

1. A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:gummi.
2. A candy made of this material.

Translations

Derived terms

• gummi bear
• gummi worm

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish gumi, borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi/, [????mi]

Noun

gummi n or c (singular definite gummiet or gummien)

1. (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
2. (uncountable) gum (sticky substance exuded by certain plants)
3. (informal, countable) rubber (condom) n

Inflection

Synonyms

• (condom): kondom

Further reading

• gummi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Latin

Alternative forms

• gummis
• commis
• cummi
• commi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kómmi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??um.mi/, [???m??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??um.mi/, [??um?i]

Noun

gummi n (indeclinable)

1. Alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

References

• gummi in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?kum?mi?/

Noun

gum?mi

1. eraser

Inflection

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?^[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummier, definite plural gummiene)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummiar, definite plural gummiane)

1. rubber
2. gum (e.g. chewing gum)

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

gummi n

1. (uncountable) rubber, an elastic material
2. (slang) condom

   Synonyms: (neutral) kondom, kådis

3. (Southern) eraser; something used to remove (pencil) markings

   Synonyms: suddgummi, radergummi, (very rare) kautschuk

Declension

English

Noun

nummi

1. plural of nummus

Anagrams

• minum, mu'min

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nummi. Cognates include Estonian nõmm, Livonian num and Votic nõmmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?num?i/, [?num?i]
• Rhymes: -um?i
• Syllabification: num?mi

Noun

nummi

1. heath, heathland, moor

Declension

Latin

Noun

numm?

1. nominative plural of nummus
2. genitive singular of nummus
3. vocative plural of nummus