קוים

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Yiddish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (weak, pitiful, frail), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (to call, cry). Cognate with German kaum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

קוים (koym)

  1. hardly, barely