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gim

See also: Gim and GIM

English

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Etymology

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Compare gimp (adjective).

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Adjective

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gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

  1. (dialect, dated) Neat; spruce.

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  • 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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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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.

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gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

  1. game
    Synonym: permainan
    pengembang gim ― game developer

Etymology 2

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

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gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

  1. (Jakarta) gold thread

Etymology 3

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From English game point. Under influence by the same word in etymology 1.

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gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

  1. (colloquial) game point

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Javanese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English game.

Noun

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gim

  1. game

Old English

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Noun

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ġim m

  1. Alternative form of ġimm

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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  • gin (unadapted spelling)

Etymology

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Borrowed from English gin.

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  • Rhymes: -ĩ
  • Hyphenation: gim

Noun

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gim m (plural gins)

  1. gin (liquor made with juniper berries)

Zhuang

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Etymology

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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.

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gim (1957–1982 spelling gim)

  1. gold
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