Lumpen

Senso (Inglese)

rag, tatter, shred

Lump

cad, scoundrel (mean, ignoble, or dirty male person)

Frequenza

C2
Dialetti

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

hattle

Canton Basilea Campagna

Canton Basilea Campagna

lumpe

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Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈlʊmpən/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle High German lumpe. Lump (“cad”) is originally the same word. Compare German Lappen (“cloth, rag”) as well as the now obsolete verbs lampen (“to hang limply”), lumpen (“to hang limply, to limp”) and English limp, all probably from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to glide, go, suit”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”). Compare Sanskrit लम्बते (lambate, “hangs down”) and लम्ब (lamba, “a perpendicular”), as well as Latin limbus (“edge, border”).

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