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Added 9 October 2026

nim

/nɪm/ symbol

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ISO 639-3 language code for Nilamba.

verb

To take or seize.
To filch, steal, pilfer.
To walk with short, quick strides; trip along.

noun

A game in which players take turns removing objects from heaps.

noun

Alternative form of neem (“Indian tree”).

Origin

From Middle English nimen, from Old English niman (“to take”), from Proto-West Germanic *neman, from Proto-Germanic *nemaną (“to take”), from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to give or take one's due”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian nieme (“to take”), West Frisian nimme (“to take”), Dutch nemen (“to take”), Low German nehmen (“to take”), German nehmen (“to take”), Danish nemme (“to learn, grasp”). Related to numb and nimble.

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