Laam

See also: laam

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German līm, from Proto-West Germanic *līm, from Proto-Germanic *līmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sley- (“smooth; slick; sticky; slimy”) (modern English slime).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑːm/
  • Hyphenation: Laam
  • Homophone: Lahm

Noun

Laam m (plural Laam) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. glue

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Leben.

Noun

Laam n

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) life
    In ganzn Laam net!
    Not in my entire life!

Further reading
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 78:
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