gim

Compare gimp (adjective).

gim (comparative more gim, superlative most gim)

1. (dialect, dated) neat; spruce

• IGM, IMG, IgM, MIG, MiG, Mig, img

From English game, from Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).

The original English /-ɛɪ-/ pronunciation is levelled to /-ɪ-/, likely being in accordance with rules of loans from Dutch like praktijk (pronounced with /-ɛɪ-/) → praktik.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪm]

gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

1. game

   pengembang gim ― game developer

   Synonym: permainan

From Betawi gim, from Hokkien 金 (kim, “gold”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪm]

gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

1. (Jakarta) gold thread

From English game point. Under influence by the same word in etymology 1.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪm]

gim (first-person possessive gimku, second-person possessive gimmu, third-person possessive gimnya)

1. (colloquial) game point

• “gim” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English game.

gim

1. game

From English gin.

gim m (plural gins)

1. gin (liquor made with juniper berries)

Borrowed from Chinese 金 (MC kˠiɪm). Cognate with Thai คำ (kam), Northern Thai ᨤᩴᩣ, Lao ຄຳ (kham), Lü ᦆᧄ (xam), Shan ၶမ်း (khám), Ahom 𑜁𑜪 (khaṃ) or 𑜁𑜞𑜪 (khraṃ), Saek กฺั๊ม.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /kim˨˦/
• Tone numbers: gim¹
• Hyphenation: gim

gim (1957–1982 spelling gim)

1. gold