tum-tum

Meaning

Noun

• A dog cart; a rickshaw; a kind of vehicle.
• A dish made in the West Indies by beating boiled plantain in a wooden mortar until it is soft.
• Stomach.
• Abdomen.

Origin

• Origin uncertain. Perhaps onomatopoeia (of hooves or footfalls); compare tuk-tuk. Perhaps from tandem.
• Borrowed fom Twi Akan tumtum ("mashed green bananas").
• Reduplication of tum, a shortened form of tummy.