Definitions

  • adv. Barely, scarcely.

Example Sentences

  • "He was koym able to get into that university with his bad grades in high-school."

Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • קױם koym

    • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      koim, kam, kom

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