wam

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wamme, wam (“belly; stomach”), from Old Dutch wamba (“belly; body”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wambō (“belly, stomach, abdomen”), from Proto-Indo-European *wamp- (“membrane (of bowels), intestines, womb”). Related to Dutch wambuis (“gambeson”), from wamb (“belly”) + buis (“jacket, cover”). Cognate to English womb, Scots wam, wame (“womb”), German Wamme, Wampe (“paunch, belly”), Danish vom (“belly, paunch, rumen”), Swedish våmb (“belly, stomach, rumen”), Norwegian vomb (“belly”), Icelandic vömb (“belly, abdomen, stomach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɑm/

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• Hyphenation: wam
• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

wam m or f (plural wammen, diminutive wammetje n)

1. (archaic) a belly
2. (archaic) a stomach
3. a beef dewlap
4. a fish belly cut open

Synonyms

• (belly): buik, pens
• (stomach): maag, pens
• (beef dewlap): runderhalskwab, kossem

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Ganglau

Noun

wam

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wam]

Pronoun

wam

1. dative of wy

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vam/

Pronoun

wam

1. dative of wy

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Saep

Noun

wam

1. arm

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602

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Yámana

Noun

wam

1. louse