gaum

noun · verbA1

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noun

Plural noun:

goamgaums

1.
(UK, dialectal, rare, uncountable)Heed; attention.
2.
(rare, uncountable)(Appalachia and other dialects, rare) Grime.
Said 'Black Bill' Walker, of Walker's Valley, in speaking of the forge: 'I never heerd sech a rackity-rack! Ye'd think the heavens was fallin' down! Them fellers aworkin' thar in the sweat an' gaum reminded me more of the gate to the bad place!'
3.
(dialectal, rare)A bit, a small amount.
4.
(colloquial, dialectal, rare)(rare, dialectal or colloquial) A useless person.
5.
(India, archaic)A village.

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verb

V_es/s

gaums

V_ing/Gerund

gauming

V_ed/pp

gaumedgorm

1.
(dialectal, obsolete)To understand; comprehend; consider.
'Nobody gaums where we are now,' I said.
Aye sir, we gaum ye.
2.
(Appalachia, Midlands, Southern US, UK, US, dialectal)(US and UK, dialects, chiefly Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear.
No, bubby, couldn't hev the wax. Gaum him all up so 't mammy 'd hafter nigh abaout skin him tu git him clean ag'in; […]
3.
(alt of, alternative)Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of).

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

gaumishgaumlessgaum-likegormlessgormygormgoamgorm (gape, gawk)goam (see, recognize, take notice of)

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Nguồn gốc từ

The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (heed, attention), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (attention), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (to heed, pay attention). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native yemen, from ġīeman, and 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 observe.