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čoms

čoms

See also: coms and .coms

Latvian

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 5-7966-0078-8.
  2. (1907), Jūrnieks, issue 14, page 1
  3. V. Lāms (1980), Trase, Rīga, page 42