duim

See also: dùim

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch duim.

Pronunciation

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Noun

duim (plural duime, diminutive duimpie)

1. (anatomy) thumb

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dœy̯m/

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• Hyphenation: duim
• Rhymes: -œy̯m

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

Compare West Frisian tomme, Low German Dumen, German Daumen, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme.

Noun

duim m (plural duimen, diminutive duimpje n)

1. thumb, the inner-most finger
2. inch
3. pintle (jointed pivot of a hinge, consisting of the pin and the non-moving leaf)

   Coordinate term: heng

Alternative forms

• (archiac) dom

Derived terms

• deurduim
• duimbreed
• duimen
• duimlengte
• duimnagel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: duim
• Negerhollands: tompi
• → Aukan: doin
• → Caribbean Hindustani: doi
• → Caribbean Javanese: dim
• → Indonesian: dim
• → Papiamentu: dùim, duim
• → Russian: дюйм (djujm)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

duim

1. inflection of duimen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Latin

Verb

duim

1. (archaic) first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō; synonym of dem

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown. Compare uimă.

Noun

duim n (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) gonorrhea

Declension

declension of duim (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) duim	duimul
genitive/dative	(unui) duim	duimului
vocative	duimule

References

• duim in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Tok Pisin

Verb

duim

1. to force someone; to challenge someone