טומלען

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German tumeln, from tumen (“turn, rotate”) +‎ -eln (“frequentative suffix”). Cognate with German tummeln. Compare English tumble.

Verb

טומלען • (tumlen) (past participle געטומלט (getumlt))

1. to clamor

   Synonyms: פּילדערן (pildern), שרײַען (shrayen), ליאַרעמען (lyaremen)

2. (imperfective) to clatter

   Synonyms: בראַזגען (brazgen), טראַסקען (trasken), קאַלעקאָטשען זיך (kalekotshen zikh), קלאַפּערן (klapern)

3. to romp

   Synonym: קאָמאַנדעווען (komandeven)

4. to make a racket

   Synonyms: ליאַרעמען (lyaremen), פּילדערן (pildern), לישען (lishen)

Noun

טומלען • (tumlen) m pl

1. plural of טומל (tuml)

References

• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “romp”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN