tum tumn.³

Brit.

/ˈtʌm tʌm/, U.S.

/ˈtəm ˌtəm/, Caribbean English /ˈtʌm ˌtʌm/, /ˈtɑm ˌtɑm/

Origin: A borrowing from Twi. Etymon: Twi tumtum.

Etymology: < Twi tumtum (with high tones), imitative of the sound of pounding or of heavy objects falling, here with reference to pounding the ingredients.

Caribbean (now chiefly Tobago).

A dish made from plantain, yam, or other starchy fruits or vegetables, cooked and pounded into a paste. Cf. fufu n.

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figee1381

garnadec1440

gayledea1450

strawberry cream1523

strawberry shortcake1523

amber pudding1695

fufu1740

tum tum1790

poi1798

fig-cake1837

compote1845

ambrosia1867

summer pudding1875

schalet1884

charoset1885

angels' food1891

stuffed olive1897

chartreuse1900

crisp1916

guacamole1920

fruit cocktail1922

pimiento olive1925

fruit cup1931

crumble1947

matoke1959

turon1972

guac1983

bumbleberry1991

1790 W. Beckford Descriptive Acct. Jamaica II. 149 The [plantain] fruit..is..either roasted, boiled, or beat-up into a kind of paste, which the white people, as well as the negroes, are accustomed to eat with pepper pot, under the vulgar name of tum-tum.

1833 Mrs. A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies I. vii. 183 They often have tum-tum—made of plantains boiled quite soft, and beat in a wooden mortar,—it is eaten like a potatoe pudding.

1923 Washington Post 18 Jan. 8/4 ‘Tum-tum’..is plantain boiled quite soft and beaten in a mortar.

2015 @arabian_empress 31 Oct. in twitter.net (accessed 10 Sept. 2020) Sunday lunch menu—carrot pumpkin rice, stewed chicken, tum tum (sweet potato and plantain log) corn pie and sweet bread.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tum tum
释义	tum tumn.³ Brit. /ˈtʌm tʌm/, U.S. /ˈtəm ˌtəm/, Caribbean English /ˈtʌm ˌtʌm/, /ˈtɑm ˌtɑm/ Origin: A borrowing from Twi. Etymon: Twi tumtum. Etymology: < Twi tumtum (with high tones), imitative of the sound of pounding or of heavy objects falling, here with reference to pounding the ingredients. Caribbean (now chiefly Tobago). A dish made from plantain, yam, or other starchy fruits or vegetables, cooked and pounded into a paste. Cf. fufu n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > prepared fruit and dishes > [noun] > other fruit dishes figee1381 garnadec1440 gayledea1450 strawberry cream1523 strawberry shortcake1523 amber pudding1695 fufu1740 tum tum1790 poi1798 fig-cake1837 compote1845 ambrosia1867 summer pudding1875 schalet1884 charoset1885 angels' food1891 stuffed olive1897 chartreuse1900 crisp1916 guacamole1920 fruit cocktail1922 pimiento olive1925 fruit cup1931 crumble1947 matoke1959 turon1972 guac1983 bumbleberry1991 1790 W. Beckford Descriptive Acct. Jamaica II. 149 The [plantain] fruit..is..either roasted, boiled, or beat-up into a kind of paste, which the white people, as well as the negroes, are accustomed to eat with pepper pot, under the vulgar name of tum-tum. 1833 Mrs. A. C. Carmichael Domest. Manners W. Indies I. vii. 183 They often have tum-tum—made of plantains boiled quite soft, and beat in a wooden mortar,—it is eaten like a potatoe pudding. 1923 Washington Post 18 Jan. 8/4 ‘Tum-tum’..is plantain boiled quite soft and beaten in a mortar. 2015 @arabian_empress 31 Oct. in twitter.net (accessed 10 Sept. 2020) Sunday lunch menu—carrot pumpkin rice, stewed chicken, tum tum (sweet potato and plantain log) corn pie and sweet bread. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.³1790
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