tüm

See also: tum, túm, -tum, and -tum-

Turkish

Etymology

from Old Turkic tüm-‎ (“completely”), from Proto-Turkic [Term?], which probably derived from Proto-Altaic *t'omp (“protuberant”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tym]

Adjective

tüm (comparative daha tüm, superlative en tüm)

  1. entire, complete
  2. all
    tüm gece çalıştım - I worked all night

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlen, Merritt. On the Origin of Languages: Studies in Linguistic Taxonomy. Stanford University Press, 1994: 237.

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Turm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tym/

Noun

tüm (plural tüms)

  1. tower
    • 1938, Albert Sleumer, "Daved Volapüka", Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, issues 4 (pages 26-30) and 5 (pages 34-38).
      Bi suvikna etevom da län foginik so ömik, / senälom, do sevom dub tälen okik pükis mödik, / ga liedi go bidäliki in ladäl, das, sisä tüm di ‚Babel‛ pibumon, / pük nonik binon tuvovik, kel sevädon pö valikans.

Declension

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