different between oom vs hoom

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans oom. Doublet of eam.

Pronunciation

• (General South African) IPA^(key): /??m/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?m/

Noun

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 1998, p. 73:

     He raised his glass. ‘Here's to you, Oom Ben,’ he said. ‘Give them hell.’

Anagrams

• MOO, Moo, moo, omo-

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?m/

Noun

oom (plural ooms, diminutive oompie)

1. uncle

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o?m/
• Hyphenation: oom
• Rhymes: -o?m

Noun

oom m (plural ooms, diminutive oompje n)

1. uncle

   Synonym: nonkel

Alternative forms

• noom
• ome

Derived terms

• heeroom
• oomschap
• oomzegger
• oudoom
• peetoom
• suikeroom

Descendants

• Afrikaans: oom
• ? Indonesian: om
• ? West Frisian: omme, omke
• ? Sranan Tongo: omu

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

ôom m

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

Inflection

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Descendants

• Dutch: oom
  • Afrikaans: oom
  • ? Indonesian: om
  • ? West Frisian: omme, omke
  • ? Sranan Tongo: omu
• Limburgish: oeam

Further reading

• “oom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “oom”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Wolof

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/

Noun

oom

1. knee

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• hobm, hobn, hom, ho, hob

Verb

hoom

1. (Timau) to have

References

• “hoom” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Middle English

Noun

hoom (plural hoomes)

1. Alternative form of hom (“home”)
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Love Unfeigned" (as printed in Oxford Book of English Verse, 1900):

     Repeyreth hoom from worldly vanitee