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wam

wam

Dutch

Noun

wam 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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [wam]

Pronoun

wam

  1. dative of wy

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vãm]

Pronoun

wam

  1. dative of wy

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; lit. 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”).

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