lijm

• IPA^(key): /lɛi̯m/

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• Hyphenation: lijm
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯m

From Middle Dutch lijm, from Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) (modern English slime).

lijm m (plural lijmen)

1. glue

• Afrikaans: lym
• Negerhollands: liem
• → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
• → Indonesian: lem
• → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lijm

1. inflection of lijmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• mijl

From Old Dutch *līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”) (modern English slime).

lijm n or m

1. mud, sludge, clay
2. slime, spit, saliva
3. glue

• limen

• Dutch: lijm
  • Afrikaans: lym
  • Negerhollands: liem
  • → Caribbean Javanese: lèm
  • → Indonesian: lem
  • → Papiamentu: leim, lijm, lym, leimu
• Limburgish: liem

• “lijm”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lijm”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN