kaum

kaum

1. water

• Kivung (journal of the Linguistic Society of Papua New Guinea), volume 5 (1972), page 204

From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūma- (“pitiful, dear”)[1]. Cognate with English comely and archaic Dutch kuim (“barely”).

• IPA^(key): /kaʊ̯m/, [kʰaʊ̯m]
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯m

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kaum

1. barely, hardly
2. little

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Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم‎ (qaum).

kaum (plural kaum-kaum, first-person possessive kaumku, second-person possessive kaummu, third-person possessive kaumnya)

1. people

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم‎ (qaum).

kaum

1. group of people
2. religious officials in charge of the mosque

From Old High German kūmo. Cognate with German kaum, Dutch kuim.

• IPA^(key): /kæːʊ̯m/
• Rhymes: -æːʊm

kaum

1. hardly, barely

Borrowed from Arabic قَوْم‎ (qaum).

kaum (plural kaum-kaum, informal first-person possessive kaumku, informal second-person possessive kaummu, third-person possessive kaumnya)

1. people, community

   Synonyms: masyarakat, warga

2. tribe, clan

   Synonyms: puak, suku

3. group of people with common traits, such as an ethnic group or race

   Synonyms: etnik, ras, suku

kaum

1. barely

From Proto-Finnic *kalma.

kaum

1. grave

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *gju̯ɛp (“ten”), of Sino-Tibetan origin. Cognate with Iu Mien ziepc.

• IPA^(key): /kau̯˩̰ˀ/

kaum

1. ten

• Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)