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Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German ümme, from Old Saxon umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.
Pronunciation
Preposition
üm
- around, about (sometimes in combination with bi)
- at (a time)
Inflection
Pronominal adverbs of üm
| preposition
|
üm
|
| postpositional adv.
|
üm
|
| + her (hither)
|
rüm
|
| + düt (this)
|
hierüm
|
| + dat (that)
|
dorüm
|
| + wat (what)
|
worüm
|
| + wat (something)
|
enerwegens üm
|
| + nix (nothing)
|
nargens üm
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| + allens (everything)
|
överall üm
|
Adverb
üm
- around, about
- around, over (to another state)
He dee de Schacken üm.- He turned the switch over.
- over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")
Conjunction
üm
- (üm to) in order to
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ام, from Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm)
Pronunciation
Noun
üm (definite accusative ümmü, plural ümler)
- (obsolete) mother
Ulch
Pronunciation
Numeral
üm
- one
References
- Natasha Stoynova, The Internalization of Inflection? The Restrictive kə̄n in Ulch, 2018.