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tabum

Pronunciation: [ˈtaː.bũː]

“tabum” is a Latin word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. gore or similar putrid, viscous fluid

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to melt”). Cognates include Latin tābēs (“a wasting away, disease”), Sanskrit तोय (toya, “water”), Ancient Greek τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”), τῖφος (tîphos, “pond, swamp”), Old English þawian and English thaw.

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