eme

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "eme"

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

Noun[edit]

eme (plural emes)

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
  2. (Scotland) Friend.

Related terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Basque[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Gascon hemna (“woman”), from Old Occitan femna (“woman”), itself from Latin fēmina (“woman”).[1]

Noun[edit]

eme anim

  1. female
Declension[edit]
Declension of eme (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive eme emea emeak
ergative emek emeak emeek
dative emeri emeari emeei
genitive emeren emearen emeen
comitative emerekin emearekin emeekin
causative emerengatik emearengatik emeengatik
benefactive emerentzat emearentzat emeentzat
instrumental emez emeaz emeez
inessive emerengan emearengan emeengan
locative — — —
allative emerengana emearengana emeengana
terminative emerenganaino emearenganaino emeenganaino
directive emerenganantz emearenganantz emeenganantz
destinative emerenganako emearenganako emeenganako
ablative emerengandik emearengandik emeengandik
partitive emerik — —
prolative emetzat — —

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

eme inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.
Declension[edit]
Declension of eme (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive eme emea emeak
ergative emek emeak emeek
dative emeri emeari emeei
genitive emeren emearen emeen
comitative emerekin emearekin emeekin
causative emerengatik emearengatik emeengatik
benefactive emerentzat emearentzat emeentzat
instrumental emez emeaz emeez
inessive emetan emean emeetan
locative emetako emeko emeetako
allative emetara emera emeetara
terminative emetaraino emeraino emeetaraino
directive emetarantz emerantz emeetarantz
destinative emetarako emerako emeetarako
ablative emetatik emetik emeetatik
partitive emerik — —
prolative emetzat — —
See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “eme” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading[edit]

  • "eme" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “eme” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

eme f (plural emes)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of ema

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

eme m (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

em (variation of íme) +‎ e

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

eme

  1. (archaic, poetic) this

Determiner[edit]

eme

  1. (archaic, poetic) Alternative form of emez before consonants: this
    Coordinate term: ama
    • 1846, Sándor Petőfi, translated by George Szirtes, Egy gondolat bánt engemet‎[1]:
      És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: / „Világszabadság!”
      One undefiled word fluttering overhead, / That word Liberty
      (literally) And on the flags with this holy word: / “World freedom!”

Usage notes[edit]

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike the latter, eme does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used after it:

ezen a helyen ― eme helyen ― at this place
ebben a házban ― eme házban ― in this house

Use eme before words beginning with consonants.
Use emez before words beginning with vowels (e.g. emez esetben (“in this case”), emez alkalommal (“on this occasion”)).

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • eme 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
  • eme , redirecting in this sense to emez in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from emoglobina.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

eme m (plural emi)

  1. (biochemistry) heme

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

eme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of emō

Mbyá Guaraní[edit]

Adverb[edit]

eme

  1. forms the negative imperative
    Ejae'o eme.
    Don't cry.

Middle English[edit]

Noun[edit]

eme

  1. Alternative form of em

Nauruan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Pre-Nauruan *mata, from Proto-Micronesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

Noun[edit]

eme

  1. eye

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese eme.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: e‧me

Noun[edit]

eme m (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.
    Synonym: mê

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:eme.

Scots[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

eme (plural emes)

  1. maternal uncle
  2. friend

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • uncle (“paternal uncle”)

Further reading[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: e‧me

Noun[edit]

eme f (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Etymology 2[edit]

From mierda (“shit”).

Noun[edit]

eme f (plural emes)

  1. Euphemistic form of mierda.
    Esa película es una eme.
    That movie is shit.

Further reading[edit]

Sumerian[edit]

Romanization[edit]

eme

  1. Romanization of 𒅴 (eme)

Tacana[edit]

Noun[edit]

eme

  1. hand

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔeme/, [ˈʔɛ.mɛ]
  • Hyphenation: e‧me

Etymology 1[edit]

From Spanish eme, the Spanish name of the letter M/m.

Noun[edit]

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Abecedario.
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) em, (in the Abakada alphabet) ma

Etymology 2[edit]

Possibly from Spanish eme (“M”), euphemism of mierda (“shit; crap”) by taking its first letter. Compare kiyeme. See also lamyerda, lakwatsa.

Noun[edit]

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)

  1. nonsense
    Synonyms: kiyeme, kemerut, echos, kalokohan, sagimuymoy
  2. term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember: thingamajig; whatchamacallit; thingy; dingus
    Synonyms: ano, kuwan
  3. excuses; pretenses
Usage notes[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Toba Batak[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həmay, from Proto-Austronesian *Səmay.

Noun[edit]

eme

  1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

References[edit]

  • Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 65.

West Makian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps related to West Makian me (“he, she, it”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

eme (possessive prefix di)

  1. third-person plural pronoun, they, them
  2. (polite) third-person singular pronoun, he (him), she (her)
    ifiteng eme ― he said to him

See also[edit]

West Makian personal pronouns
independent possessive prefix
1st person singular de ti
2nd person singular ni ni
3rd person singular me mVan., dVinan.
1st person plural inclusive ene nV
1st person plural exclusive imi mi
2nd person plural ini fi
3rd person plural eme di

References[edit]

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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