See also: -niem and niem.

Catalan

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Verb

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niem

  1. inflection of niar:
    1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    2. first-person plural imperative

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English name.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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niem

  1. named, called
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:1:
      Nou iina dem die de, wan man niem Jan di Baptis kom iina di dezot paat a Judiya an staat priich Gad wod.
      Now, in those days, a man named John the Baptist came in the desert part of Judea, and started preaching the word of God.

Noun

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niem (plural niem dem, quantified niem)

  1. name
    — Wa yu niem?
    — Mi niem Jaaj.
    — What's your name?
    — My name's George.
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1:23:
      “Lisn op! Di uman we neehn sliip wid no man a-go get biebi — a wan bwai shi a-go av, an dem a-go kaal im Imanyuwel.” Da niem de miin, “Gad de ya wid wi.”
      "Listen! The woman who never slept with a man will have a child — she will have a boy, and they will call him Immanuel." The name means "God is with us".

Verb

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niem

  1. (transitive) to call, name
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2:1:
      Bot im neehn go a bed wid ar til shi av ar pikni — wan bwai biebi; an im niem im Jiizas.
      But he never slept with her until she had her child — a baby boy; and he called him Jesus.

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Livonian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From *liem, from Proto-Finnic *lehmä.

Noun

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niem

  1. cow

Ludian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

Noun

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niem

  1. cape (of land)

Serbo-Croatian

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Adjective

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niem (Cyrillic spelling нием)

  1. Obsolete spelling of nijem.