tumé ite

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Etymology[edit]

Calque of German einfallen, literally "to fall in".

Verb[edit]

tumé ite

  1. (Gherdëina) to occur (to somebody), to come (to somebody); to come to mind
    Lascete tumé ite zech!
    Think of something!
    L ne me tumës mei ite de deventé n astronaut.
    I would never dream of becoming an astronaut.
    Cie te toma pa ite?
    How dare you? (What are you thinking of?)
  2. (Gherdëina) to remember
    L me ie inò tumà ite.
    I remember again ("It has again fallen into my mind")
  3. (Gherdëina) to fall into
    La popa ie tumeda ite tl droch.
    The doll fell into the well.
  4. (Gherdëina) to fall for, to be deceived by
    Ie ti é mentì dant che la perles fova vëires y ël ie tumà ite.
    I lied to him that the pearls were real and he fell for it.

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