gomen
English edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of government.
Noun edit
gomen (plural gomens)
- (Manglish) government
- 2017 January 12, S Thayaparan, “It is not English football, it is football”, in Malaysiakini[3]:
- We always say that the “gomen” divides us but the reality is that these days, every opportunity is grasped to describe what it wrong with this country instead of using the opportunity to celebrate in the “others” success.
Related terms edit
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
gomen
Malay edit
Etymology edit
From English gomen, a Manglish clipping of government.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gomen (plural gomen-gomen, informal 1st possessive gomenku, 2nd possessive gomenmu, 3rd possessive gomennya)
- (Malaysia, colloquial) The government.
- Synonyms: kerajaan, pemerintah
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *gōmen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.
Verb edit
gômen
- to observe closely
- to care for
- to take care of
- to arrange
Inflection edit
Weak | ||
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Infinitive | gômen | |
3rd sg. past | — | |
3rd pl. past | — | |
Past participle | — | |
Infinitive | gômen | |
In genitive | gômens | |
In dative | gômene | |
Indicative | Present | Past |
1st singular | gôme | — |
2nd singular | gôoms, gômes | — |
3rd singular | gôomt, gômet | — |
1st plural | gômen | — |
2nd plural | gôomt, gômet | — |
3rd plural | gômen | — |
Subjunctive | Present | Past |
1st singular | gôme | — |
2nd singular | gôoms, gômes | — |
3rd singular | gôme | — |
1st plural | gômen | — |
2nd plural | gôomt, gômet | — |
3rd plural | gômen | — |
Imperative | Present | |
Singular | gôom, gôme | |
Plural | gôomt, gômet | |
Present | Past | |
Participle | gômende | — |
Further reading edit
- “gomen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gomen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English guman, plural of guma, from Proto-Germanic *gumaniz, plural of *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmónes, plural of *ǵʰmṓ. Equivalent to gome + -en (plural suffix).
Noun edit
gomen
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gomen
- Alternative form of game
Old English edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gomen n
- Alternative form of gamen
Spanish edit
Verb edit
gomen
- inflection of gomar: