atum

See also: -atum and -átum

Old High German

Alternative forms

ātam, ātem, ātim, ādum, ādom, ādem, hātam

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

Noun

ātum m

breath, breeze
spirit

Declension

Declension of ātum (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ātum	ātuma
accusative	ātum	ātuma
genitive	ātumes	ātumo
dative	ātume	ātumum
instrumental	ātumu	—

Descendants

Middle High German: ātem, ādem, āten
- Cimbrian: aatom
- German: Atem, Odem (influenced by Low German)
- Hunsrik: Ochtem
- Yiddish: אָטעם‎ (otem)

References

Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
Shade, Oscar. Altdeutsches Wörterbuch, 24.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلتُّنّ‎ (at-tunn, “tuna”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos), from θύνω (thúnō, “to rush, to dart along”). Compare Galician and Spanish atún.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtũ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtũ/

Rhymes: -ũ
Hyphenation: a‧tum

Noun

atum m (plural atuns)

tuna

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