tarm

tarm (plural tarms)

1. (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of term, representing dialectal English.
   • 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎^[1]:

     “I’ll make tarms, pard,” said Tom, flashing the glare of his wolfish eyes upon the speaker.
     “You speak of terms,” she said. “These are mine. Stand aside and let me pass.”

• armt., RATM, matr-, tram, Mart, mart, Mart.

From Old Norse þarmr. Cognate with German Darm, obsolete English tharms (“twisted guts”).^[1] Compare Ancient Greek τόρμος (tórmos, “hole”).

• IPA^(key): /tarm/, [tˢɑːˀm]

tarm c (singular definite tarmen, plural indefinite tarme)

1. intestine, gut, bowels (pl)

From Old Norse þarmr.

tarm m (definite singular tarmen, indefinite plural tarmer, definite plural tarmene)

1. (anatomy) an intestine

• “tarm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse þarmr.

tarm m (definite singular tarmen, indefinite plural tarmar, definite plural tarmane)

1. (anatomy) an intestine

• “tarm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Univerbation of tar (“over, across”) +‎ mo (“my”)

• IPA^(key): [tarm]

tarm (triggers lenition)

1. over/across my

From Old Swedish tharmber, from Old Norse þarmr.

tarm c

1. an intestine, gut, bowels

• tarm in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tarm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tarm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• armt