טומלען

Yiddish

Etymology

From Middle High German tumeln, from tumen (“turn, rotate”) +‎ -eln (“frequentative suffix”). Cognate with German tummeln. Compare English tumble.

Verb

טומלען • (tumlen) (past participle געטומלט (getumlt))

  1. to clamor
    Synonyms: פּילדערן (pildern), שרײַען (shrayen), ליאַרעמען (lyaremen)
  2. (imperfective) to clatter
    Synonyms: בראַזגען (brazgen), טראַסקען (trasken), קאַלעקאָטשען זיך (kalekotshen zikh), קלאַפּערן (klapern)
  3. to romp
    Synonym: קאָמאַנדעווען (komandeven)
  4. to make a racket
    Synonyms: ליאַרעמען (lyaremen), פּילדערן (pildern), לישען (lishen)

Noun

טומלען • (tumlen) m pl

  1. plural of טומל (tuml)

References
  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “romp”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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