gumi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡumi]
• Hyphenation: gu‧mi
• Rhymes: -mi

Noun

gumi (countable and uncountable, plural gumik)

1. rubber, gum (as a material)
2. clipping of gumiabroncs or autógumi (“tyre, tire”).
3. ellipsis of befőttes gumi (“rubber band, elastic band”)
4. (colloquial) synonym of óvszer (“rubber (US), condom”)
5. (rare, dated) eraser, rubber (GB)

   Synonyms: radír, (rare, dated) radírgumi

Further reading

• gumi in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Etymology

From Old Norse gumi (“a man”, poetic) from the Proto-Germanic *gumô, originally from the Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō. Germanic cognates include Old Saxon gumo, Old High German gumo, Norwegian gume, and Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin homo and Baltic *žmo- (Lithuanian žmōgùs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːmɪ/
• Rhymes: -ʏːmɪ

Noun

gumi m (genitive singular guma, nominative plural gumar or gumnar)

1. (poetic, in prose) a man
   • Nú er sumar by Steingrímur Thorsteinsson

     Nú er sumar,

     gleðjist gumar,

     gaman er í dag.

     Brosi veröld víða,

     veðurlagsins blíða.

     Eykur yndishag. Eykur yndishag.

Romanization

gumi

1. Rōmaji transcription of グミ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰm̥mō.

Noun

gumi m (genitive guma, plural gumar or gumnar)

1. (poetic) a man

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “gumi”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ìkʊ́mì.

Noun

gúmí class 5 (plural makúmí class 6)

1. ten

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gumi (“moustache, beard”). Compare Malay kumis.

Further reading

• “gumi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gummi.

Noun

gumi

1. rubber
2. condom