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Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *keme, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Compare Tocharian A kam.
Noun
keme ?
- tooth
Turkish
Etymology 1
Cognate with Salar geme.
Noun
keme
- (dialectal) big rat
- (terminological) Rattus
Further reading
- “keme”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish كمه (keme), from Arabic كَمَأ (kamaʔ).
Noun
keme
- (dialectal) Terfeziaceae
- Synonym: domalan
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Noun
keme
- firepit, fireplace, stove
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “keme”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine (2007) “-keme-dɨ”, in Mary Ritchie Key & Bernard Comrie, editors, The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, published 2021