homp
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Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German hump, from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: homp
Noun
[edit]homp c (plural hompen, diminutive hompje n)
- gobbet (chunk of food)
References
[edit]- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from English hobbit, coined by Swedish translator and author Tore Zetterholm in 1947.
Noun
[edit]homp c
Usage notes
[edit]As homp aroused J. R. R. Tolkien's disapproval the terms hob and hobbit have since been favored instead.
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