kuim

From Middle Dutch cume (“barely; almost”), from Old Dutch, from Proto-Germanic *kūma- (“pitiful, dear”). Cognate to German kaum (“barely”) and come in English comely.

kuim (comparative kuimer, superlative kuimst)

1. (archaic) weak

   Synonym: zwak

kuim

1. (archaic) barely, hardly

   Synonyms: nauwelijks, amper.