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leem.

loam

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. loam

    masculine · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
  2. adobe

    masculine · neuter · no-diminutive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Dutch lême, from Old Dutch lēmo, from Proto-West Germanic *laimō, from Proto-Germanic *laimô, variant of *laimaz (“glue”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyH- (“to smear”). Compare dialectal English lair (“a bog, a mire”), Old Norse leira (“muddy beach”).

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