rubber (natural and synthetic) · plastic · a rubber tree, hevea (Hevea brasiliensis)
çekim: çoğul caoutchoucs
eş: gomme élastique, figuier caoutchouc
köken: Borrowed from Spanish cauchuc (an early variant of caucho), from Quechua kawchu. The final -c was formerly variably pronounced or silent, but is now always silent.
rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree) · eraser (thing used to remove something written or drawn by a pen or a pencil) · wineskin (bag for holding wine)
çekim: çoğul borrachas
köken: Borrowed from Spanish borracha (“wineskin”); because native Amazonians used rubber to make waterskins, the meaning began to apply to the substance.
köken: Repatriated loanword from Italian elastico (“elastic (band)”) with loss of initial ε (e) and consonant shift κ (k) > χ (ch), perhaps via influence from folk Tuscan dialects. Doublet of ελαστικός (elastikós); see also English elastic.
rubber (pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree) · short for 消しゴム (keshi-gomu, “rubber (eraser)”) · short for ヘアゴム (hea-gomu, “hair tie, scrunchie”)
rubber (material) · ellipsis of pyyhekumi (“eraser”) · tyre/tire (ring-shaped protective covering around a wheel)
çekim: çoğul kumit · tamlayan kumin
köken: From German Gummi, from Latin cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), N29-W19-i-i*t-N33:Z2 qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”).