Etymology

fumf

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Today it means: Synonym of fumfer (“to speak awkwardly or evasively; to fiddle or fumble”). Full definition →

Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען
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fumf · verb1

  1. Yiddish · borrowed fromפֿאָנפֿען“to speak with a nasal twang, to mumble”
  2. English todayfumf

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען (fonfen, “to speak with a nasal twang, to mumble”). Compare fumfer.

fumf · noun2

Onomatopoeic.

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