kem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kem"

Languages (16)

Translingual

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Translingual

Symbol

kem

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kemak.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kemak terms

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kém/

Noun

kem (Kana spelling ケㇺ)

1. blood

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kêm, qem

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kapna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- (“smoke, seethe”) (compare Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”), Polish kopeć (“soot”)).

Noun

kem m

1. incense

Dutch

Verb

kem

1. inflection of kemmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Icelandic

Verb

kem

1. first-person singular present indicative active of koma

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German kam; the vowel is influenced by Latvian ķemme, itself from older Livonian kamm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkem/, [ˈkemː]

Noun

kem

1. comb

Declension

Declension of kem (126)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	kem	kemmõd
genitive (genitīv)	kem	kemmõd
partitive (partitīv)	kemmõ	kemmidi
dative (datīv)	kemmõn	kemmõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kemmõks	kemmõdõks
illative (illatīv)	kemmõ	kemmiž
inessive (inesīv)	kemsõ	kemmis
elative (elatīv)	kemstõ	kemmist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kem”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Malay

Etymology

From English camp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkem/ [ˈkem]

Noun

kém (Jawi spelling کيم, plural kem-kem or kem²)

1. camp

Synonyms

• (standard Indonesian) kamp

Further reading

• "kem" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Meriam

Noun

kem

1. stomach

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• kååme (Goesharde)
• kame (Halligen)
• keem (Heligoland)
• kaame (Mooring)
• kum (Sylt)
• käme (Wiedingharde)

Etymology

From Old Frisian kuma, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną (“to come”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷémt (“to step; to arrive”), from *gʷem- (“to come, step”).

Verb

kem

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to come

Usage notes

• Kem is the only (underived) verb whose imperative is distinct from the infinitive I. The other highly irregular verbs are skel, wed, wees, wel.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kem (Föhr-Amrum dialect)

infinitive I	kem
infinitive II	(tu) kemen
past participle	kimen
imperative singular	kom
imperative plural	kom’m
	present	past
1st singular	kem	kaam
2nd singular	komst	kaamst
3rd singular	komt	kaam
plural	kem	kaam
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	san kimen	wiar kimen
2nd singular	beest kimen	wiarst kimen
3rd singular	as kimen	wiar kimen
plural	san kimen	wiar kimen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skal kem	wal kem
2nd singular	skääl kem	wääl kem
3rd singular	skal kem	wal kem
plural	skel kem	wel kem

Derived terms

• uunkem

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

kem

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvem

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

kem

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, non-standard since 1959) alternative form of kven (“who”)
   • Det er itj lett å våttå kem som ska vinn' kappleiken idag
     • It is not easy to know who is going to win the competition today

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German keinem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛm/

Determiner

kem

1. dative masculine/neuter of ken: no; not a(n); not one; not any

Declension

Declension of ken, kee

	singular				plural
	m	f	n
nominative	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee		ken, kee
dative	kem	kenre	kem		ken
accusative	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee		ken, kee

Portuguese

Pronoun

kem

1. (Internet slang) alternative spelling of quem

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem. Cognate to Southern Altai кем (kem), Turkish kim, etc.

Pronoun

kem

1. who

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “kem”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow: Nauka

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“illness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛm/

Adjective

kem

1. bad, evil, wicked

Noun

kem (definite accusative kemi, plural kemler)

1. (archaic) illness

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème. Doublet of cà lem and cà rem.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]

Noun

kem

1. cream

(classifier cây, que) kem

1. ice cream

   Synonym: cà rem

2. ice pop
3. (by extension) iced smoothie

Derived terms

• kem chống nắng
• kem đánh răng
• kem mứt