üm
See also: Appendix:Variations of "um"
Low German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German ümme, from Old Saxon umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
üm
Inflection edit
Pronominal adverbs of üm
Adverb edit
üm
- around, about
- around, over (to another state)
- He dee de Schacken üm.
- He turned the switch over.
- over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")
Conjunction edit
üm
- (üm to) in order to
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish ام, from Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Ulch edit
Pronunciation edit
Numeral edit
üm
References edit
- Natasha Stoynova, The Internalization of Inflection? The Restrictive kə̄n in Ulch, 2018.