gumi

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

gumi (plural gumik)

1. rubber, gum (as a material)
2. tyre, tire

   Synonym: autógumi

3. (colloquial) rubber (US), condom

   Synonym: óvszer

4. (rare, dated) eraser, rubber (GB)

   Synonyms: radír, radírgumi (rare, dated)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʏːmɪ/
• Rhymes: -ʏːmɪ

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.

• Appears (scarcely) in prose for alliterative purposes. The usual term for a man is maður.

• guma

gumi

1. Rōmaji transcription of グミ

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

gumi m (genitive guma, plural gumar or gumnar)

1. (poetic, in prose) a man

• Rarely appears in prose for alliteration:

  Guðs hús ok guma

• brúðgumi (“bridegroom”)
• gumnaspjalli (“friend of men”)
• gumnasættir (“peacemaker”)
• húsgumi (“house master, husband”)

• Danish: brudgom
• Icelandic: gumi
• Norwegian: gume
• Swedish: brudgum

• gumi in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Borrowed from German Gummi.

gumi

1. rubber
2. condom

• tok gumi

• Ankave: gume´