gim
English edit
Etymology edit
Compare gimp (adjective).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)
See also edit
- gim-peg (probably etymologically unrelated)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Anagrams edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From English game, from Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).
The original English /-ɛɪ-/ pronunciation is raised to /-ɪ-/, likely being in accordance with rules of loans from Dutch like praktijk (pronounced with /-ɛɪ-/) → praktik.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)
Etymology 2 edit
From Betawi gim, from Hokkien 金 (kim, “gold”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)
Etymology 3 edit
From English game point. Under influence by the same word in etymology 1.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)
Further reading edit
- “gim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
gim
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- gin (unadapted spelling)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: gim
Noun edit
gim m (plural gins)
- gin (liquor made with juniper berries)
Zhuang edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Chinese 金 (MC kim). Cognate with Thai คำ (kam), Northern Thai ᨤᩴᩣ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), Lü ᦆᧄ (xam), Shan ၶမ်း (khám), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜪 (khraṃ), Saek กฺั๊ม.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /kim˨˦/
- Tone numbers: gim1
- Hyphenation: gim
Noun edit
gim (1957–1982 spelling gim)