wom

wom

1. big rattan

wom

1. nonstandard spelling of wǒm

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

From Proto-West Germanic *wōhm, from Proto-Germanic *wōhmaz (“noise, sound, shout, voice”), from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to speak, sound”). Cognate with Old Norse ómr (“sound”), Old Norse ómun (“voice”), Old High German giwahan (“to mention”), Latin vōx (“voice”).

• IPA^(key): /woːm/

wōm m

1. sound, noise

Strong a-stem:

• wōma
• wēman

• IPA^(key): /wom/

wom

1. sand

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics