medem

Chungli Ao

Verb

medem

1. to have sex, make love, copulate
   • 1967, “Genesis 4:17”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Kaini tebutsü den medem aser la mashisa aküm, aser Enok aso.

     Cain made love to his wife; she got pregnant and gave birth to Enoch.

Inflection

Inflection of medem (Chungli)

		Affirmative	Negative
Past	Simple	medem	memedem
	Perfect	medemogo	memedemogo
Present	Simple	medemer	memedemer
	Progressive	medemdar medemdagi	memedemdar memedemdagi
Future/infinitive		medemtsü	memedemtsü
Imperative		medemang	temedem
Present participle		medema	memedemi
Conditional		medemra medemrabang	memedemra memedemrabang

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɛdɛm]

Noun

medem m

1. instrumental singular of med

Friulian

Alternative forms

• midiesim

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met + ipse + -issimus. Compare Ladin medemo, Romansh medem, madem, Italian medesimo, Venetan medemo, medesino, Lombard medemm, Piedmontese midem, Romagnol medësum, French même, Portuguese mesmo, Spanish mismo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈdɛm/

Adjective

medem

1. same

Synonyms

• stes, istès

Galician

Verb

medem

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of medir

Karo Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Batak *mədəm, active form of the root *pədəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəzəm (“to close one's eyes”), compare Malay pejam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [məˈdəm]

Verb

medem

1. to sleep

Synonyms

• tunduh

References

• Woollams, Geoff (1996). A Grammar of Karo Batak, Sumatra. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, p. 69.

Portuguese

Verb

medem

1. third-person plural present indicative of medir

Romansh

Alternative forms

• madem (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met + ipse + -issimus. Compare Ladin medemo, Friulian medem, Italian medesimo, Venetan medemo, medesino, Lombard medemm, Piedmontese midem, Romagnol medësum, French même, Portuguese mesmo, Spanish mismo.

Adjective

medem

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) same

Synonyms

• (Puter, Vallader) listess

Slovene

Verb

mẹ́dem or médem

1. first-person singular present of mesti