different between tumb vs tumi

English

Etymology

From Middle English tumben, tomben, from Old English tumbian (“to tumble, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *t?m?n? (“to turn round”). Cognate with Middle High German tumen (“to turn round”), Icelandic tumba (“to tumble”). See tumble.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Verb

tumb (third-person singular simple present tumbs, present participle tumbing, simple past and past participle tumbed)

1. (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 dumm (Central and Low German) alongside tumm (Upper German; archaic).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?mp/

Adjective

tumb (comparative tumber, superlative am tumbsten or am tumbesten)

1. (rare, literary, dated) simple-minded; naive; oafish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

tumb (plural tumbes)

1. Alternative form of tombe (“tomb”)

Etymology 2

Noun

tumb (plural tumbes)

1. (Northern) Alternative form of þombe (“thumb”)

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dumbaz, whence also Old Saxon dumb, Old English dumb, Old Norse dumbr, Gothic ???????????????????? (dumbs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewb?-.

Adjective

tumb

1. dumb
2. stupid

Descendants

• German: tumb; dumm (influenced by Central and Low German)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Quechua tumi.

Noun

tumi (plural tumis)

1. (archaeology) A ceremonial axe used by some Incan and pre-Incan cultures of South America.
   • 1979, Alberto Rex González, Pre-Columbian Metallurgy in Northwest Argentina: Historical Development and Cultural Process, Elizabeth P. Benson (editor), Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America, Conference Proceedings, page 177,

     The tumis are characterized by a metal handle, which can be bent at the free end or may have an ornament in the form of a button or a zoomorphic head; they also have a curved, sharp blade edge, forming a semicircle or half-moon. […] The archaeological associations of the tumis found in Argentina indicate that these objects all had an Inca origin.

   • 2002, Thomas B. F. Cummins, Toasts with the Inca: Andean Abstraction and Colonial Images on Quero Vessels, page 18,

     For instance, he makes sure that the reader is aware that the weapons taken by the Inca army, tumis, are ritual weapons used for the ritual hunt and slaughter of llamas.

   • 2004, Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar, Catalogue, Richard L. Burger, Lucy C. Salazar (editors), Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas, page 193,

     Decorated tumis such as this one may have been used for ceremonial purposes, although their utilization on more mundane occasions should not be ruled out.

Anagrams

• muti

Quechua

Pronunciation

• (Cusco) IPA^(key): /?tu.mi/

Noun

tumi

1. (historical) tumi (a ceremonial golden axe used by the pre-Columbian peoples of Peru)
2. scalpel (small knife used in surgical procedures)
3. (neologism) a small instrument used by bakers to scrape and collect flour

Declension

Synonyms

• (scalpel): sirk'ana
• (instrument used by bakers): k'isuna

Derived terms

• tumiy

References

• “tumi” in Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2006) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua, 2nd edition, Cusco: Edmundo Pantigozo.