Noun: gume
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | gume |
| Plural m | gumes |
Sample Sentences
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Et tragia aynda hũa sua espada que era moy fremosa et moy forte d'agume, et moy clara et moy luzente, et auia nome Durandas (And he also brought a sword that was very beauty and very strong in its edge, and very clear and very shining, and it had by name Durandal) [1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 136:]
Nouns inflected like gume
miligramo,
mililitro,
acontecemento,
urodelo,
ancoradoiro,
vimieiro,
serrón,
sesego,
sedeño,
iceberg,
sarrio,
sabuio,
sabugo,
sabujo,
sabuxo,
sabelo,
sangue,
saibro,
saltón,
salmón, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Attested since circa 1390. From Latin acūmen (“sharpened point”), from acus (“a needle, a pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). See: Latin Nouns '
acūmen'.
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