tummy

English

Etymology

Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʌmi/
Rhymes: -ʌmi

Noun

tummy (plural tummies)

(childish) stomach, belly
(US, slang) protruding belly, paunch

Synonyms

(protruding belly): see also Thesaurus:paunch.

Derived terms

Related terms

belly (referring to abdomen, not stomach)

Translations

childish language for stomach

Czech: bříško (cs) n
Finnish: masu (fi), massu (fi)
French: bidon (fr) m
German: Bäuchlein (de) n
Icelandic: malli m, mallakútur m

Italian: pancia (it) f
Japanese: ぽんぽん (ponpon)
Polish: brzuszek (pl) m
Russian: живо́тик (ru) m (živótik), пу́зико (ru) n (púziko), брю́шко (ru) n (brjúško)
Spanish: bidón (es) m

belly

Esperanto: ventro (eo), (diminutive) ventreto
Finnish: maha (fi)
German: Bauch (de) m, (diminutive) Bäuchlein (de) n
Russian: живо́т (ru) m (živót), пу́зо (ru) n (púzo), брю́хо (ru) n (brjúxo), брю́шко (ru) n (brjúško)

Spanish: barriga (es) f, (diminutive) barriguita f, bola (es) f
Tok Pisin: bel (tpi)
Volapük: bälid (vo), (diminutive) bälidil
Welsh: bola (cy) m, bol (cy) m

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