Etymology

kautim

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Today it means: to finish, to complete Full definition →

Cantonese 搞掂
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The story

  1. Cantonese · borrowed from搞掂“to finish”
  2. English todaykautim

Borrowed from Cantonese 搞掂 (gaau² dim⁶, “to finish”)

Words from the same roots

Cantonese搞掂 all →

gao dim

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.