atum

See also: -atum and -átum

Old High German

Alternative forms

• ātam, ātem, ātim, ādum, ādom, ādem, hātam

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

Noun

ātum m

1. breath, breeze
2. spirit

Declension

Declension of ātum (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	ātum	ātumā, ātuma
accusative	ātum	ātumā, ātuma
genitive	ātumes	ātumo
dative	ātume	ātumum
instrumental	ātumu	—

Descendants

• Middle High German: ātem, ādem, āten
  • Bavarian: Åtem
  • Cimbrian: aatom
  • German: Atem, Odem (influenced by Low German)
  • Hunsrik: Ochtem
  • Yiddish: אָטעם (otem)

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
• Shade, Oscar. Altdeutsches Wörterbuch, 24.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”) via Andalusian Arabic, from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈtũ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈtũ/

• Rhymes: -ũ
• Hyphenation: a‧tum

Noun

atum m (plural atuns)

1. tuna

Related terms

• toninha

Further reading

• “atum”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “atum”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025