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Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam and ohm.

• (General South African) IPA(key): /ʊəm/
• (UK) IPA(key): /ʊm/
• Rhymes: -ʊəm, -ʊm

oom (plural ooms)

1. (South Africa) An older man, especially an uncle. (Frequently as a respectful form of address.) [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, André Brink, A Dry White Season, Vintage, published 1998, page 73:
     He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’

• oom-pah

• MOO, Moo, moo, omo-

From Dutch oom, from Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”).

• IPA(key): /oəm/

oom (plural ooms, diminutive oompie)

1. uncle

• → English: oom

From Middle Dutch oom, from Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).

• IPA(key): /oːm/
• Hyphenation: oom
• Rhymes: -oːm

oom m (plural ooms, diminutive oompje n)

1. uncle
   Synonym: (Belgium) nonkel

• The form ome is sometimes used in combination with names; e.g. ome Bob translates to uncle Bob. But it is never encountered on its own: in the phrase ik heb een oom ("I have an uncle"), the form ome cannot be used instead of oom. An exception is the phrase hoge ome.

• ome, noom

• heeroom

• hoge ome

• oomschap

• oomzegger

• oudoom

• peetoom

• suikeroom

• waroom

• Afrikaans: oom

  • → English: oom

• Berbice Creole Dutch: om

• Negerhollands: noom, nom, noem

  • → Virgin Islands Creole: nom, noom (dated)

• → Ambonese Malay: om

• → Indonesian: om

• → Papiamentu: mò, òn, òmpi (from the diminutive), mo (Aruba), òm (Aruba), omo (Aruba), oom

• → Sranan Tongo: omu

• → West Frisian: omme, omke

From Old Dutch *ōm, from Proto-West Germanic *auhaim (“maternal uncle”).

ôom m

1. uncle, brother of one's parent (originally specifically one's mother)

Strong masculine noun

| | singular | plural | | | ----------- | ------ | ---- | | nominative | ôom | ôme | | accusative | ôom | ôme | | genitive | ôoms | ôme | | dative | ôme | ômen |

• halfoom

• oomskint

• oomssone

• oudeoom

• overoom

• voloom

• Dutch: oom, ome, noom

  • Afrikaans: oom
    * → English: oom
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: om
  • Negerhollands: noom, nom, noem
    * → Virgin Islands Creole: nom, noom (dated)
  • → Ambonese Malay: om
  • → Indonesian: om
  • → Papiamentu: mò, òn, òmpi (from the diminutive), mo (Aruba), òm (Aruba), omo (Aruba), oom
  • → Sranan Tongo: omu
  • → West Frisian: omme, omke

• Limburgish: ome

• “oom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “oom”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

• IPA(key): /ɔːm/

oom

1. knee

• (Campeche): oon
• IPA(key): /oːŋ/

oom

1. avocado