cheme

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• cha, cheemen, cho, chomu, choo, chéeme

Etymology

From Old High German kweman, chuman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognate with German kommen, Dutch komen, English come, Icelandic koma, Gothic 𐌵𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (qiman).

Verb

cheme

1. (Carcoforo) to come

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χήμη (khḗmē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰeː.meː/, [ˈkʰeːmeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈke.me/, [ˈkɛːme]

Noun

chēmē f (genitive chēmēs); first declension

1. A measure for liquids, the third part of a mystrum

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	chēmē	chēmae
Genitive	chēmēs	chēmārum
Dative	chēmae	chēmīs
Accusative	chēmēn	chēmās
Ablative	chēmē	chēmīs
Vocative	chēmē	chēmae

References

• “cheme”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cheme in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “cheme”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “cheme”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkeme]

Verb

cheme

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of chema
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of chema