chim

chim

See also: Appendix:Variations of "chim"

English

Adjective

chim (comparative more chim, superlative most chim)

  1. Alternative form of cheem.

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

chim

  1. (West Riding) alternative form of chymbe

Mizo

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *tsim.

Verb

chim

  1. to collapse

Further reading

Muong

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *cim ~ *ciim ~ *ciəm ~ *caim ~ *cum (bird).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cim¹/, [t͡ɕiːm¹ ~ ciːm¹]

Noun

chim

  1. (Mường Bi) bird

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French chyme.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kim/

Noun

chim n (plural chimuri)

  1. chyme

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative chim chimul chimuri chimurile
genitive-dative chim chimului chimuri chimurilor
vocative chimule chimurilor

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [t͡ɕim˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [t͡ɕim˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [cim˧˧]
  • Homophone: Chim
  • Audio (Saigon):(file)

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Vietic *-ciːm, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ciːm (bird). Cognate with Bahnar sem (bird), Mang θɤm⁶, Mon ဂစေံ (bird), Pear cʰem, Kháng [Tuần Giáo] cem³²³, Khasi sim, Semai chèèp, Santali ᱥᱤᱢ (sim, chicken).

Noun

(classifier con) chim • (𫚳, 𪀄)

  1. bird (animal of the class Aves)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From etymology 1. For some parallels, compare English cock, Chinese  / (điểu, bird) and (điểu, penis), Thai นกเขา (nók-kǎo, pigeon). See also cu, .

Alternative forms

  • (euphemistic orthographic variant) trym

Noun

(classifier cái) chim

  1. (informal) penis, cock; dick
Synonyms
See also

Etymology 3

Verb

chim

  1. (archaic, derogatory) to flirt

White Hmong

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cʰi˩̰/

Verb

chim

  1. to hate, be angry at, be incensed

Derived terms

References

  • Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979), White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 24.