tummy
Meaning
- (childish, colloquial, often) Stomach or belly.
- (US, childish, colloquial, often, slang) Stomach or belly.
- (childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often) Stomach or belly.
Synonyms
abdomen
Maha
Translations
ventre
Bauch
estómago
κοιλιά
pancia
buik
venterFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʌ.mi/
Etymology
Imitating a child's attempt to say stomach, via archaic colloquialism stummy. Compare twee and pasghetti for similar phonetic reductions.
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