χύμα

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *kʰumə, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewmn̥, from *ǵʰew- (to pour), whence χέω (khéō).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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χῠ́μᾰ (khúman (genitive χῠ́μᾰτος); third declension

  1. that which is poured out or flows, fluid
  2. ingot, bar
  3. (figurative) confused mass, aggregate, crowd
  4. materials, constituents

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • χύμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • χύμα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χύμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1627-8; 1653

    Greek

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    Etymology

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    From a derivative of Ancient Greek χέω (khéō, I pour), along with χυμός (khumós, juice).

    Adverb

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    χύμα (chýma)

    1. at bulk, not in a standardised package (for things sold in retail (by volume or weight) in portions at client's discretion, usually from a bigger package)
    2. untidy, disorganized

    References

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    • Oswald, John (1868): An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language