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tum⋅my

[tuhm-ee]
–noun, plural -mies. Informal.
stomach: The baby had a pain in his tummy.

Origin:
1865–70; nursery alter. of stomach
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tum·my   (tŭm'ē)   
n.   pl. tum·mies Informal
The human stomach or belly.

[Baby-talk alteration of stomach.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

tummy 
1867, infantile for stomach. Tummy-ache is attested from 1926.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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