мэм

Itelmen

Noun

мэм (mem)

1. a summer hut, a saeter

   Ӄа’т ит’ ламԓ лэатызэн, ӄнэӈ миԓ ч’амзалэ’н, к’э зуњԓӄуэ’н Эсхԓэнк, пикатызэ’н мэмэ’нк

   Qa’t it’ lamɬ leatîzen, qneŋ miɬ č’amzale’n, k’e zuňɬque’n Esxɬenk, pikatîze’n meme’nk

   When summer comes, all at once all the people, who lived in Sedanka, left for their summer huts

References

• E. Kasten, M. Dürr (2015). Itelmen texts : a preliminary linguistic analysis
• M. Dürr, M. Risler, D. Kester, M. Krauss, A. Volodin, E. Kasten, K. Khaloymova, J. Bobalik, Ch. Ono (2021). Полный ительменско-русский словарь

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mɛm]

Noun

мэм • (mɛm) f anim (indeclinable)

1. ma'am (polite term of address to a woman in the UK, US and other English-speaking countries)

   Synonym: мада́м (madám)