hom
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronoun
hom (subject hy, possessive sy)
- third-person singular object pronoun
Synonyms
- (it): dit
See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd, masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | ||
3rd, fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
3rd, neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n | ||||
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence. |
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalan hom, reduced form of home (“man”) used as a pronoun, from Latin homō (“man”). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“man, person”); French on; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hom
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
hom f (plural hommen, diminutive hommetje n)
- (Netherlands) milt (fish semen)
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hām, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, house, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos.
Pronunciation
Noun
- home, residence, dwelling
- house, housing
- accomodation, rest
- (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre
- (rare) village, town
Alternative forms
Adverb
hom
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “hōm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hom
- Alternative form of hem (“them”)
Etymology 3
Noun
hom (plural homes)
- Alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”)
Etymology 4
Pronoun
hom
- Alternative form of whom (“whom”)
Mòcheno
Verb
hom
- to have
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
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
hom m
Descendants
- French: on
Zuni
Pronoun
hom
- First person singular possessive (medial position)
- First person singular object
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