noun
Meaning 1
A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: India
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Standard Lemma guide
tum-tum
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noun
Meaning 2
A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Stomach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, informal
Examples
- Can't eat - my tum-tum's hurting.
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noun
Meaning 4
Abdomen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: childish, informal
Examples
- The dog likes having its tum-tum rubbed.
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History
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem.
Borrowed fom Twi Akan tumtum (“mashed green bananas”). Compare Sranan Tongo tonton (“mashed plantain dumpling”).
Reduplication of tum, a shortened form of tummy.