שוווּם

Yiddish

Etymology

Compare Alemannic German Schwumm. Related to שווימען (shvimen).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃvʊm/

Noun

שוווּם • (shvum) m, plural שוווּמען (shvumen)

a swim
(swimming) stroke

Derived terms

אויפֿשוווּם (oyfshvum, “revival, flourishing, boom”)
אָנשוווּם (onshvum, “floating”)
פֿלאַטערל־שוווּם (flaterl-shvum)
קלאַפֿטערשוווּם (klaftershvum)
נאַזנשוווּם (naznshvum)
זשאַבעשוווּם (zhabeshvum)

References

Justus van de Kamp et al., “שװוּם” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). .
Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “swim”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN

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