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English
Pronunciation
Noun
homes
- plural of home
Noun
homes
- (slang) Alternative spelling of holmes
2007, Robert Crais, The Two Minute Rule:Ghee said, "Yo, homes. This is my youngest baby, Marisol. Sweetie, say hi to Mr. Holman." Marisol told Holman it was a pleasure to meet him.
2008, Matthew Ray, Ethan Brown's Twisted Reality:I said what's up Homes? What you doing over this side of the hood?
Verb
homes
- third-person singular simple present indicative of home
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
homes
- plural of home
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
homes m pl
- plural of home
Middle English
Noun
homes
- plural of hom
Narragansett
Etymology
Unclear. Possibly either:
Noun
hômes anim (plural hômesuck)
- old man
- Synonym: kichize
Declension
Declension of homes (animate, 2 forms attested)
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singular
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plural
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locative
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unpossessed
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hômes |
hômesuck |
*homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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possessed forms
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first-person (my)
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*n'homes |
*n'homes-uck |
*n'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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second-person (your)
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*k'homes |
*k'homes-uck |
*k'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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third-person (his, her)
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*w'homes |
*w'homes-uck |
*w'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
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References
- ^ Monica Macaulay, Margaret Noodin, J. Randolph Valentine (2016 May 1) Papers of the Forty-Fourth Algonquian Conference: Actes du Congrès des Algonquinistes, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 111: “EMah /nə̆maxōm/ 'my grandfather' (⟨Nemoghhome⟩ < PEA *nəməhxōm < PA *nemehšo·ma) was taken into Western Abenaki as WAb (nmahom) 'my grandfather', displacing the inherited word WAb ⟨nmosom(is)⟩ in its original primary meaning (now 'my remote male ancestor').”
- ^ Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System, page 20: “Nmahom.”
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “*hômes”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 28
- ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86
Further reading
Portuguese
Noun
homes
- plural of home