توم

See also: تؤم, ثوم, and بوم

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːm/

Noun

توم • (tōm) m

1. garlic

Gulf Arabic

Root
ت و م
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam). Compare Hebrew תּוֹם (tom).

Noun

توم • (tōm) m or f by sense (plural تَوائِم (tawāʔim))

1. twin

Malay

Noun

توم (plural توم-توم or توم۲, informal 1st possessive تومکو, 2nd possessive توممو, 3rd possessive تومڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of tum‎

Interjection

توم

1. Jawi spelling of tum‎

Mazanderani

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَمَام (tamām).

Adjective

توم (tom)

1. completed, finished, done

   زمسن د توم وونه وهار اینه

   zemessen da tom vune vehar eyne

   Winter is coming to an end, spring is coming

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *tüm.

Adjective

توم • (tüm)

1. all

   توم گیجه یاتدیلر

   tüm gice yatdılar

   they slept all night

Descendants

• Turkish: tüm

Shina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːm/

Adjective

توم (tom)

1. own, self

South Levantine Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toːm/, [toːm]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Etymology 1

From Arabic تَوْأَم (tawʔam).

Noun

توم • (tōm) m (plural توام (twām))

1. (pair of) twins

   شقة توم ― šaʔʔet tōm ― a twin

Etymology 2

From Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm).

Noun

توم • (tōm) m (collective)

1. garlic

   راس تومة ― rās tōme ― a head of garlic

   زر تومة ― zerr tōme ― a clove of garlic

Ternate

توم

Etymology

From Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (tom), from Old Javanese tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tom/

Noun

توم (Rumi tom)

1. indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh