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ghem

“ghem” is a Romanian word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ball of thread or yarn
  2. the third compartment of a ruminant's stomach

In Romanian

  1. obiect de formă (relativ) sferică, rezultat prin depănarea unor fire (de ață, de lână etc.).
  2. al treilea compartiment al stomacului rumegătoarelor.
  3. fiecare dintre punctele câștigate de un jucător de tenis (după mai multe erori ale adversarului), în limitele unui set.

Etymology

Inherited from Latin glomus, probably through a Vulgar Latin *glemus. Or altered within Romanian from *ghiom > *ghiome (plural form) to *gheme and finally analogically back a singular. Compare Aromanian gljem, gljom. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”).

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