# gummi
## English
### Alternative forms

* gummie
* gummy

### Etymology

From German Gummi (“brand name of German candy”), from Gummi (“India rubber”).

### Noun

gummi (countable and uncountable, plural gummis)
* A sugary, gelatinous material used to make candies.
** For quotations using this term, see Citations:gummi.
* A candy made of this material.

#### Derived terms

* gummi bear
* gummi worm

#### Translations
## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Danish gumi, borrowed from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔmi/, [ˈɡ̊ɔmi]

### Noun

gummi n or c (singular definite gummiet or gummien)
* (uncountable) rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree)
* (uncountable) gum (sticky substance exuded by certain plants)
* (informal, countable) rubber (condom) n

#### Synonyms

* (condom): kondom

#### Further reading

* gummi on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* gummis
* commis
* cummi
* commi

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡum.mi/, [ˈɡʊmːɪ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡum.mi/, [ˈɡumːi]

### Noun

gummi n (indeclinable)
* Alternative form of cummis (“gum”)

### References

* “gummi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* cummi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈkumːmiː/

### Noun

gumˈmi
* eraser

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummier, definite plural gummiene)
* rubber
* gum (e.g. chewing gum)

#### Derived terms

* gummihanske
* gummihjul
* gummijolle
* gummistrikk
* gummistøvel
* naturgummi
* skumgummi
* tyggegummi

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

gummi m (definite singular gummien, indefinite plural gummiar, definite plural gummiane)
* rubber
* gum (e.g. chewing gum)

#### Derived terms

* gummihanske
* gummihjul
* gummijolle
* gummistrikk
* gummistøvel
* naturgummi
* skumgummi
* tyggegummi, tyggjegummi

## Swedish
### Noun

gummi n
* (uncountable) rubber (an elastic material)
* (slang) a rubber (condom)
    Synonyms: (neutral) kondom, kådis, pökpåse
* (Southern) an eraser (something used to remove (pencil) markings)
    Synonyms: suddgummi, radergummi, (dated) kautschuk

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | gummi | gummis |
| singular | definite | gummit | gummits |
| plural | indefinite | gummin | gummins |
| plural | definite | gummina | gumminas |

#### Derived terms

* gummiboll (“rubber ball”)
* gummistövel
* vingummi (“wine gum”)

### References

* gummi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* gummi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* gummi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)