duim

From Dutch duim.

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duim (plural duime, diminutive duimpie)

1. (anatomy) thumb

From dūcimus. Inherited from Latin dūcimus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈdujm]

duim

1. (Balearic) alternative form of duem, first-person plural present indicative of dur (carry)

• IPA^(key): /dœy̯m/

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• Hyphenation: duim
• Rhymes: -œy̯m

From Middle Dutch dume, from Old Dutch *thūmo, from Proto-West Germanic *þūmō, from Proto-Germanic *þūmô.

Compare West Frisian tomme, Low German Dumen, German Daumen, English thumb, Danish tomme, Swedish tumme.

duim m (plural duimen, diminutive duimpje n)

1. thumb, the innermost finger
2. inch
3. pintle (jointed pivot of a hinge, consisting of the pin and the non-moving leaf)

   Coordinate term: heng

• (archaic) dom

• Afrikaans: duim
• Negerhollands: tompi
• → Aukan: doin
• → Caribbean Hindustani: doi
• → Caribbean Javanese: dim
• → Indonesian: dim
• → Papiamentu: dùim, duim
• → Russian: дюйм (djujm)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

duim

1. inflection of duimen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

duim

1. (archaic) first-person singular present active subjunctive of dō; synonym of dem

Unknown. Compare uimă.

duim n (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) gonorrhea

• duim in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

duim

1. to force someone; to challenge someone