reim
English
noun
Definitions
- (South Africa) A strip of oxhide, deprived of hair and made pliable, used for twisting into ropes, etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish riem (oar, belt, a thong).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
riem
Gloss
oar, belt, a thong
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
帯
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- dierenriem Dutch, Flemish
- distributieriem Dutch, Flemish
- geweerriem Dutch, Flemish
- riem Dutch, Flemish
- riemslag Dutch, Flemish
- riemvis Dutch, Flemish
- roeiriem Dutch, Flemish
- wierriem Dutch, Flemish
- rim Indonesian
- rieme Middle Dutch