Laam

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Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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  • Loam (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

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From Middle High German and Old High German līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (smooth; slick; sticky; slimy) (modern English slime).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Laam m (plural Laam) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. glue

East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Leben.

Noun

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Laam n

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) life
    In ganzn Laam net!
    Not in my entire life!
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Further reading

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2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78: