čoms

See also: coms and .coms

Latvian

Etymology

From English chum. Alternative historical forms: čomis, čums. First attested use — 1907.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʃoms]

Noun

čoms m (1st declension)

  1. (colloquial) a male friend, a buddy, a pal
    tiklīdz kuģis ostā, otrā dienā jau visi “čomiņi” lapās ― as soon as the ship has entered the port (you can expect that) on the next day all the "fellows" will be gone[2]
    ar tēvu sapratāmies kā čomi ― me and my father got along (alternatively "were on the same page") like good friends ~ buddies[3]

Declension

Derived terms

  • čomiņš

References

  1. ↑ “čoms” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
  2. ↑ (1907), Jūrnieks, issue 14, page 1
  3. ↑ V. Lāms (1980), Trase, Rīga, page 42
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