čoms

See also: coms and .coms

Latvian

From English chum. Alternative historical forms: čomis, čums. First attested use — 1907.^[1]

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čoms m (1st declension)

(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]

^ “čoms” in Juris Baldunčiks (1989), Anglicismi latviešu valodā (Rīga: «Zinātne») →ISBN.
^ (1907), Jūrnieks, issue 14, page 1
^ V. Lāms (1980), Trase, Rīga, page 42