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Amasi

Alternative forms

Noun

nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)

  1. man

References

  • Africana Marburgensia (1973)

Atong (India)

Etymology

From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nam¹ (good), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (good).

Pronunciation

Verb

nem- (Bengali script নেম)

  1. to get better; to heal (oneself)

Adjective

nem- (Bengali script নেম, type 1)

  1. good

References

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Interjection

nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Hello
    Synonyms: komusta, tara

Phrase

nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?
    Synonym: tara

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English name.

Noun

nem

  1. name
    Nika nem Ling Fu.My name is Ling Fu.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse næmr (talented), from Proto-Germanic *nēmiz (takeable).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /nɛm/,

Adjective

nem (neuter nemt, plural and definite singular attributive nemme, comparative nemmere, superlative (predicative) nemmest, superlative (attributive) nemmeste)

  1. easy

Synonyms

Eastern Cham

Eastern Cham cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam, nem

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

Numeral

nem

  1. six

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛm/
  • (file)

Noun

nem m (plural nems)

  1. a type of Vietnamese spring roll
  2. more generally, any spring roll

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Article

nem

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of einem (a, an).

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (no, not). In the Ob-Ugric languages, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as Northern Mansi нэ̄матыр (nè̄matyr, nothing), нэ̄мхо̄т (nè̄mhōt, nowhere), нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, never) (Sosva) and Northern Khanty нємхуйат (nêmhujat, nobody) (Kazym) or нємәԓхуйат (nêməłhujat)/нємәԯхуйат (nêməłhujat) etc.

Adverb

nem

  1. no, not

Interjection

nem!

  1. no, not

Noun

nem (plural nemek)

  1. no (a negative answer)
    • 1994, Ottó Orbán, Cédula a romokon (A Note on the Ruins), Fenegyerekek közt hallgatnak a múzsák (essay)
      …másképp szólva, mi ketten együtt vagyunk a kozmosz kettes számrendszerének igenje és nemje, belénk írva a program, mely a világot mozgatja.
      …in other words, we both are together the yes and no of the binary system of the cosmos, with the program that moves the world written in us.
    nemet mondto say no
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nem nemek
accusative nemet nemeket
dative nemnek nemeknek
instrumental nemmel nemekkel
causal-final nemért nemekért
translative nemmé nemekké
terminative nemig nemekig
essive-formal nemként nemekként
essive-modal
inessive nemben nemekben
superessive nemen nemeken
adessive nemnél nemeknél
illative nembe nemekbe
sublative nemre nemekre
allative nemhez nemekhez
elative nemből nemekből
delative nemről nemekről
ablative nemtől nemektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
nemé nemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
neméi nemekéi
Possessive forms of nem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemem nemjeim
2nd person sing. nemed nemjeid
3rd person sing. nemje nemjei
1st person plural nemünk nemjeink
2nd person plural nemetek nemjeitek
3rd person plural nemjük nemjeik
Derived terms
Compound words with this term at the beginning (general terms)
Compound words with this term at the beginning (technical terms)
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.

Noun

nem (plural nemek)

  1. sex
  2. gender; short for társadalmi nem, which distinguishes gender as opposed to sex
  3. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
  4. (biology, taxonomy) genus (rank in the taxonomic classification of animals, between family and species)
    Coordinate term: nemzetség (the same rank for plants and fungi, which denotes “tribe” among animals)
  5. kind, sort
    egyedülálló a maga nemébenunique of its kind
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nem nemek
accusative nemet nemeket
dative nemnek nemeknek
instrumental nemmel nemekkel
causal-final nemért nemekért
translative nemmé nemekké
terminative nemig nemekig
essive-formal nemként nemekként
essive-modal
inessive nemben nemekben
superessive nemen nemeken
adessive nemnél nemeknél
illative nembe nemekbe
sublative nemre nemekre
allative nemhez nemekhez
elative nemből nemekből
delative nemről nemekről
ablative nemtől nemektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
nemé nemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
neméi nemekéi
Possessive forms of nem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemem nemeim
2nd person sing. nemed nemeid
3rd person sing. neme nemei
1st person plural nemünk nemeink
2nd person plural nemetek nemeitek
3rd person plural nemük nemeik
Hyponyms

(grammar):

Derived terms
Compound words
Descendants
  • Romanian: neam

References

  1. ^ Magyar fizikai helyesírási szótár (’Hungarian Orthographical Dictionary of Physics’). Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Fizikai Tudományok Osztálya (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Physical Sciences), 2018.
  2. ^ nem in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • (gender, sex, type): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (no, not): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Javanese

Etymology 1

Shortened form of enem, from Old Javanese enem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Alternative forms

Numeral

nem

  1. six

Etymology 2

Adjective

nem

  1. Dated spelling of nèm.

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

nem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nem

  1. six

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

Etymology

Cognate with Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham, Unami chikënëm, Quiripi nahiam.

Noun

nem anim (plural nemiyik, possessed nemimol, diminutive nemsis)

  1. turkey

Maranao

Maranao numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: nem

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nem

  1. six

References

Middle English

Noun

nem

  1. Alternative form of em

Nigerian Pidgin

Noun

nem

  1. name

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nema.

Verb

nem

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to take

Conjugation


Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation

Noun

nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)

  1. heaven
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c9
      Ní hed not·beir i nem, cía ba loingthech.
      It is not this that brings you sg into heaven, that you may be gluttonous.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
      Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.
      Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
  2. sky
  3. radiance

Declension

Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nemN nemN nimeL
Vocative nemN nemN nimeL
Accusative nemN nemN nimeL
Genitive nimeL nime nimeN
Dative nimL nimib nimib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
nem
also nnem after a proclitic
nem
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/
unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Norse

Verb

nem

  1. inflection of nema:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Old Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (cloud).

Noun

nem

  1. heaven

Descendants

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • nẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (nor; and not). Compare Galician nin, Catalan, French, and Spanish ni, Italian .

Pronunciation

Adverb

nem (not comparable)

  1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation)
    Nem eu sabia disso.
    Not even I knew this.
  2. do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)
    Nem pense em fazer isso.
    Don’t even think about doing this.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:nem.

Adverb

nem (not comparable)

  1. neithernor
    Nem gosto nem desgosto.
    I neither like it nor dislike it.

Derived terms

Conjunction

nem

  1. nor; and not (introduces a further negative statement)
    Não sei, nem quero saber.
    I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. / I neither know nor want to.
  2. nor (introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true)
    Devemos aguentar sem água nem comida.
    We must endure without water nor food.

Interjection

nem!

  1. (Brazil, colloquial) nah, no
    Você gosta de abóbora? Nem! Eu prefiro cenoura.
    Do you like pumpkin? Nah! I prefer carrot.

Derived terms

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nȇm (definite nȇmī, Cyrillic spelling не̑м)

  1. mute, dumb
  2. silent, soundless (movie)

Declension

Further reading

  • nem” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation

Adjective

nẹ̑m (not comparable)

  1. mute

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. ném néma némo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ném ind
némi def
néma némo
genitive némega néme némega
dative némemu némi némemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitive
anim
némo némo
locative némem némi némem
instrumental némim némo némim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative néma némi némi
genitive némih némih némih
dative némima némima némima
accusative néma némi némi
locative némih némih némih
instrumental némima némima némima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative némi néme néma
genitive némih némih némih
dative némim némim némim
accusative néme néme néma
locative némih némih némih
instrumental némimi némimi némimi

Further reading

  • nem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English name.

Noun

nem

  1. name
    Wanem nem bilong yu?What is your name?

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نم (nam).

Pronunciation

Noun

nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity

Declension

Inflection
Nominative nem
Definite accusative nemi
Singular Plural
Nominative nem nemler
Definite accusative nemi nemleri
Dative neme nemlere
Locative nemde nemlerde
Ablative nemden nemlerden
Genitive nemin nemlerin

Synonyms

Derived terms

Vietnamese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The "fermented pork" sense is probably the most original.”)

Pronunciation

Noun

nem (, , 𬛈, 𦟶, 𲉯)

  1. fermented pork
  2. spring roll

Descendants

See also

Derived terms

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

nem (nominative plural nems)

  1. name

Declension