om-

See also: om

Danish

Prefix

om-

1. re-, over

   male (“paint”) -> ommale (“repaint”)

   klassificere (“classify”) -> omklassificere (“reclassify”)

2. around

Synonyms

• (re-): gen-, re-

Derived terms

Danish terms prefixed with om-

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Dutch

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

1. Denotes that the action encloses or surrounds the object.

   Het kind omklemde haar moeder.

   The child clamped herself around her mother.

Dutch terms prefixed with om-

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

1. around
2. re-

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms prefixed with om-

References

• “om-” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

See om

Prefix

om-

1. around
2. re-

References

Norwegian Nynorsk terms prefixed with om-

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Southern Ndebele

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

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Xhosa

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord.

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Zulu

Etymology 1

Prefix

om-

1. Second-person singular adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 2

Prefix

om-

1. Class 1 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

Etymology 3

Prefix

om-

1. Class 3 adjective concord; form of omu- used before stems of more than one syllable.

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “om-”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “om-”