tumtum

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim One whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a hermaphrodite, possibly intersex.

   “Therefore, if a man died leaving a son and a tumtum or a hermaphrodyte, the son inherits everything, since the heirship of the tumtum or of the hermaphrodyte is doubtful.”

2. isim A Jewish person who is also non-binary and/or intersex.
3. isim A toombah, a type of small drum used in the traditional music of Antigua and Barbuda.
4. isim Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy, stomach; abdomen”).

   “"I much prefer [to drink] hard water, though it ruins the boilers in my house in an incredibly short space of time." Poor dear! I don't suppose she saw the irony of her own contradiction, for her “tumtum” must be stronger than her steam boilers, according to her own story.”

5. isim Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”).

   “The Civil Surgeon was the first to sustain their attack, as he drove under their trees in his tumtum. Probably a kite had stirred them up just before he passed, but bees are undiscerning creatures when revenge is being sought.”