kaum

See also: kauṃ and Kaum

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“weak, pitiful, frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”). Cognate with German kaum, also English comely.

Adverb

kaum (Sette Comuni)

1. barely, hardly
2. only, just, merely

   Ar is gabéest hia kaum hòite mòrgande.

   He was just here this morning.

Further reading

• “kaum” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Daga

Noun

kaum

1. water

References

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