lijm
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɛi̯m/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: lijm
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯m
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) (modern English slime).
Noun
lijm m (plural lijmen)
- glue
Derived terms
- houtlijm
- lijmen
- lijmerig
- secondelijm
- superlijm
- vogellijm
Descendants
- Afrikaans: lym
- Negerhollands: liem
- → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
- → Indonesian: lem
- → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lijm
- first-person singular present indicative of lijmen
- imperative of lijmen
Anagrams
- mijl
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) (modern English slime).
Noun
lijm n
- mud, sludge, clay
- slime, spit, saliva
- glue
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- limen
Descendants
- Dutch: lijm
- Limburgish: liem
Further reading
- “lijm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “lijm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN