tamen

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See also: tamén and tāmen

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tamen.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -amen
  • Hyphenation: ta‧men

Adverb

tamen

  1. however, nevertheless
    Mi devis rezigni miajn dezirojn kaj celojn, sed nun mi tamen estas kontenta.
    I had to resign my aspirations and objectives, but now I am nevertheless content.

Particle

tamen

  1. (in response to a negative question or statement) yes; indeed
    Synonym: jes ja
    "Vi ne scipovas stiri biciklon." — "Tamen!"
    "You don't know how to ride a bicycle." — "Yes I do!"
    "Ĉu vi ne venas al la festo?" — "Tamen!"
    "Are you not coming to the party?" — "Indeed I am!"

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto, from Latin tamen.

Adverb

tamen

  1. however, nevertheless

Japanese

Romanization

tamen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ためん

Latin

Etymology

From tam +‎ -em. Last particle in īdem. Compare with its later doublet: tandem, both with original meaning supposedly "so(much)ever".

Pronunciation

Adverb

tamen (not comparable)

  1. (usually postpositive, also initial and final) however, in spite of this
    1. (preceded by et, atque/ac, neque/nec, at, sed, vērum)
      ac tamen... ― and yet...
  2. (expressing a concession) nevertheless, yet, still
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 864:
      Simo: Nihil audiō! Ego iam tē commōtum reddam! Davus: Tamen etsī hoc vērum·st? Simo: Tamen!
      Simo: I'm not listening! Your heart strings are about to get a real good tugging! Davus: Even if it's true? Simo: Even so!
      (literally, “...I'm about to make you greatly moved...”)
  3. all the same, just the same (in spite of appearances of the contrary)
    • c. 191 BCE, Plautus, Pseudolus 405:
      vīginti minās, quae nūsquam nunc sunt gentium, inveniam tamen.
      those twenty minas, which are currently nowhere to be found, I'll find them all the same.
  4. (in an aside) although, even if
  5. (in a limiting clause) (also with ut or ne) at least

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Latin correlatives (edit)
type demonstrative anaphoric identity interrogative/
relative		 indefinite negative other
proximal medial distal relative indefinite universal free choice negative polarity
basic hic iste, istic ille, illic is ipse, īdem quis/quī quisquis, quīcumque quis, quī, quīdam, aliquis, aliquī, quispiam quisque quīvis, quīlibet quisquam, ūllus, °aliquisquam nēmō, nihil, nūllus alius
dual uter utercumque alteruter uterque utervīs, uterlibet neuter alter
place hīc istīc illīc ibī̆ ibī̆dem ubī̆ ubiubi, ubī̆cumque alicubī, uspiam ubīque ubivīs, ubilibet usquam nusquam, nūllibī alibī, aliās
source hinc istinc illinc inde indidem unde undecumque, undeunde alicunde undique °undelibet aliunde
destination hūc, °hōrsum istūc, °istōrsum illūc, °illōrsum eō eōdem quō, quōrsum quōquō, quōcumque aliquō, quōpiam, °aliquōvorsum quōvīs, quōlibet quōquam nusquam, nūllōrsum aliō, aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place 		hāc istāc illāc eā eādem quā quāquā, quācumque aliquā quāque quāvīs, quālibet nēquāquam, haudquāquam aliā
manner hōc modō istō modō illō modō ita, sīc,
eō modō		 item, itidem ut, quī, quō modō, quōmodo, quemadmodum utut, utcumque, quōmodocumque quī, quōdam modō, aliquō modō utique quōmodolibet ūllō modō nūllō modō aliter, aliōquī, alterō/aliō modō
time num, nunc ōlim tum, tunc simul quandō, ‡cum cumque, quandōcumque, quandōque quondam, aliquandō quandōque quandōlibet umquam numquam aliās
quantity tam †tamen, †tandem quam †quamquam aliquam quamvīs, quamlibet
size tantus tantusdem quantus quantuscumque aliquantus quantusvīs, quantuslibet
quality tālis quālis quālis, quāliscumque aliquālis quālislibet
number tot totidem quot quotquot, quotcumque aliquot quotlibet
order totus quotus quotuscumque aliquotus quotuslibet
repetition totiēns quotiēns quotiēnscumque aliquotiēns quotiēnslibet
multiplication totuplex quotuplex
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimulated
° Rare
‡only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative

Descendants

  • Sardinian: tàmen, tàmes
  • → Esperanto: tamen
  • → Ido: tamen
  • → Interlingua: tamen
  • → Novial: tamen

References

Further reading

  • “tamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From tame (“tame”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Verb

tamen (third-person singular simple present tameth, present participle tamende, tamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tamed)

  1. to tame, domesticate
  2. to subdue, overcome
Descendants

References

Etymology 2

Shortening of attamen (“to cut, pierce”) or entamen (“to injure”), both from Old French.

Verb

tamen (third-person singular simple present tameth, present participle tamende, tamynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle tamed)

  1. to cut into, carve
  2. to broach (a keg, bottle; a subject)
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Descendants

References

Tumleo

Noun

tamen

  1. woman

References

  • Stephen Adolphe Wurm, New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study (1976)
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