Tumi vs Tump - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between tumi and tump

is that tumi is (archaeology) a ceremonial axe used by some incan and pre-incan cultures of south america while tump is (british|rare) a mound or hillock or tump can be (uncommon) a tumpline.

As a verb tump is

to form a mass of earth or a hillock about or tump can be (southern us) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump").

tumi

English

(wikipedia tumi)

Noun

(en noun)

(archaeology) A ceremonial axe used by some Incan and pre-Incan cultures of South America.

* 1979 , Alberto Rex González, Pre-Columbian Metallurgy in Northwest Argentina: Historical Development and Cultural Process'', Elizabeth P. Benson (editor), ''Pre-Columbian Metallurgy of South America , Conference Proceedings, page 177,

The tumis''''' are characterized by a metal handle, which can be bent at the free end or may have an ornament in the form of a button or a zoomorphic head; they also have a curved, sharp blade edge, forming a semicircle or half-moon.The archaeological associations of the '''''tumis found in Argentina indicate that these objects all had an Inca origin.

* 2002 , Thomas B. F. Cummins, Toasts with the Inca: Andean Abstraction and Colonial Images on Quero Vessels , page 18,

For instance, he makes sure that the reader is aware that the weapons taken by the Inca army, tumis , are ritual weapons used for the ritual hunt and slaughter of llamas.

* 2004 , Richard L. Burger, ?Lucy C. Salazar, Catalogue'', Richard L. Burger, ?Lucy C. Salazar (editors), ''Machu Picchu: Unveiling the Mystery of the Incas , page 193,

Decorated tumis such as this one may have been used for ceremonial purposes, although their utilization on more mundane occasions should not be ruled out.

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tump

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) twmp, twm.

Noun

(en noun)

(British, rare) A mound or hillock.

* 1974 , Guy Davenport, Tatlin! :

The island was two rocks grey as twilight between which a tump of iron loam ribbed with flint bore a stand of fir and spruce.

(Ainsworth)

Verb

(en verb)

To form a mass of earth or a hillock about.

to tump teasel

Etymology 2

Possibly from .

Verb

(en verb)

(Southern US) to bump, knock (usually used with "over", possibly a combination of "tip" and "dump")

Don't tump that bucket over!

(Southern US) To fall over.

(US, dialect) To draw or drag, as a deer or other animal after it has been killed.

(Bartlett)

Etymology 3

From (etyl); see tumpline for more.

Noun

(en noun)

(uncommon) A tumpline.