gim

gim

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gimi (Papuan).

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gimi (Papuan) terms

Korean 김 (gim)

• kim

gim (uncountable)

1. Edible seaweed in Korean cuisine.

Compare gimp (adjective).

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪm/

gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

1. (UK, dialect, archaic) Neat; spruce.

• gim-peg (probably etymologically unrelated)

• “gim”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IGM, IMG, IgM, MIG, MiG, Mig, img

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡim/ [ˈɡim]
• Rhymes: -im
• Syllabification: gim

From Betawi gim, from Hokkien 金 (kim, “gold”).

• kim

gim (plural gim-gim)

1. (Jakarta) gold thread

   Synonym: benang emas

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.

gim (plural gim-gim)

1. game

   Synonym: permainan

   pengembang gim ― game developer

• game

From English game point. Under influence by the same word in etymology 2.

gim (plural gim-gim)

1. (colloquial) game point

   Synonyms: poin, usai

gim (plural gim-gim)

1. apocopic form of gimnasium

• “gim”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from English game.

j=ꦒꦶꦩ꧀

gim

1. game

• IPA^(key): /jim/
• Rhymes: -im

ġim m

1. alternative form of ġimm

• gin (unadapted spelling)

Borrowed from English gin.

• Rhymes: -ĩ
• Hyphenation: gim

gim m (plural gins)

1. gin (liquor made with juniper berries)

• “gim”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “gim”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• im (standard)

• IPA^(key): /ɡim/

gim (Cyrillic spelling гим)

1. (Torlakian) them (short dative plural of on (“he”))

   Synonym: gi

2. (Torlakian) them (short dative plural of oná (“she”))

   Synonym: gi

3. (Torlakian) them (short dative plural of onó (“it”))

   Synonym: gi

• Not all forms of Torlakian use the pronoun gim, some instead use im.

• Miloš Okuka, Srpski dijalekti, SKD Prosvjeta, Zagreb, 2008. page 237
• Ljubisav Ćirić, Govori Ponišavlja, Institut za srpski jezik SANU, Beograd, 1999. page 138

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.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kim˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gim¹
• Hyphenation: gim

gim (1957–1982 spelling gim)

1. gold