tump

Meanings

Noun

• A mound or hillock.
• A tumpline.

Verb

• To form a mass of earth or a hillock around.
• to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")
• To fall over.
• To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.

Origin

• Compare Welsh twmp, twm.
• Possibly from tumpoke.
• From Penobscot; see tumpline for more.