tomm
Breton
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From Proto-Celtic *teɸesmis, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”). Compare Irish te.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔmː/
Adjective
tomm
Mutation
| unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple form | tomm | domm | never occurs | never occurs |
| comparative | tommoc'h | dommoc'h | never occurs | never occurs |
| superlative | tommañ | dommañ | zommañ | unchanged |
| exclamative | tommat | dommat | zommat | unchanged |
Cornish
Alternative forms
- tobm (Revived Late Cornish)
Etymology
From Middle Cornish tum, from Old Cornish toim, from Proto-Brythonic *tuɨm, from Proto-Celtic *teɸesmis, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“be warm”). Cognate with Welsh twym and Breton tomm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɤmː/
Adjective
tomm (comparative tomma, superlative an tomma)
- hot, warm
- Synonyms: pooth, tesek
- enthusiastic, zealous
Derived terms
- dowr tomm (“brandy”)
- dowr tomm Alban (“Scotch whisky”)
- dowr tomm Iwerdhon (“Irish whiskey”)
- dowr tomm molas (“rum”)
- jynn-tomma, tommell (“heater”)
- pel ayr tomm (“hot air balloon”)
- ruttyans tomm (“heat rub”)
- tomder (“heat, warmth”)
- tomm y woos (“hot-blooded”)
- tomma (“warm, become warm”, verb)
- tommhe (“heat, warm”, verb)
- tommheans (“heating”)
- tommheans kres (“central heating”)
- tommheans ollvysel (“global warming”)
Verb
tomm
- third-person singular present indicative/future indicative of tomma
- second-person singular imperative of tomma