homp
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Low German hump, from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”).
Pronunciation[edit]
(file) - Hyphenation: homp
Noun[edit]
homp c (plural hompen, diminutive hompje n)
- gobbet (chunk of food)
References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from English hobbit, coined by Swedish translator and author Tore Zetterholm in 1947.
Noun[edit]
homp c
Usage notes[edit]
As homp aroused J. R. R. Tolkien's disapproval the terms hob and hobbit have since been favored instead.
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