neam

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English

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Etymology

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Rebracketing of eam. Compare naunt.

Noun

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neam (plural neams)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of eam (uncle).

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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neam

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of neō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hungarian nem, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈne̯am/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: neam
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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neam n (plural neamuri)

  1. family, sort, kin, tribe
  2. ancestry, lineage, descent extraction, origin
  3. nation, people

Declension

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Synonyms

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From nemati, through elision of /m/.

Verb

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neam ? (Cyrillic spelling неам)

  1. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nemati