kem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kem"

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ke̞m/

Noun

kem (Kana spelling ケㇺ)

1. blood

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kêm, qem

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kapna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- (“smoke, seethe”) (compare Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”), Polish kopeć (“soot”)).

Noun

kem m

1. incense

Dutch

Verb

kem

1. inflection of kemmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Icelandic

Verb

kem

1. first-person singular present indicative active of koma

Malay

Etymology

From English camp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkem/, [ˈkem]

Noun

kém (Jawi spelling کيم, plural kem-kem, informal 1st possessive kemku, 2nd possessive kemmu, 3rd possessive kemnya)

1. camp

Synonyms

• (standard Indonesian) kamp

Further reading

• “kem” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Meriam

Noun

kem

1. stomach

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian koma, which derives from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognates include Mooring North Frisian kaame and West Frisian komme.

Verb

kem

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to come

Conjugation

Conjugation of kem

infinitive I	kem
infinitive II	tu kemen
past participle	kimen
imperative singular	kem
imperative plural	kem'em
	present	past
1st-person singular	ik kem	ik kaam
2nd-person singular	dü komst	dü kaamst
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at komt	hi/hat/at kaam
1st-person dual	wat kem	wat kaam
2nd-person dual	jat kem	jat kaam
1st-person plural	wi kem	wi kaam
2nd-person plural	jam kem	jam kaam
3rd-person plural	jo kem	jo kaam
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	ik san kimen	ik wiar kimen
2nd-person singular	dü beest kimen	dü wiarst kimen
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at as kimen	hi/hat/at wiar kimen
1st-person dual	wat san kimen	wat wiar kimen
2nd-person dual	jat san kimen	jat wiar kimen
1st-person plural	wi san kimen	wi wiar kimen
2nd-person plural	jam san kimen	jam wiar kimen
3rd-person plural	jo san kimen	jo wiar kimen
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st-person singular	ik skal kem	ik wal kem
2nd-person singular	dü skääl kem	dü wääl kem
3rd-person singular	hi/hat/at skal kem	hi/hat/at wal kem
1st-person dual	wat skel kem	wat wel kem
2nd-person dual	jat skel kem	jat wel kem
1st-person plural	wi skel kem	wi wel kem
2nd-person plural	jam skel kem	jam wel kem
3rd-person plural	jo skel kem	jo wel kem

Derived terms

• uunkem

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronoun

kem

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvem

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

kem

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, non-standard since 1959) alternative form of kven (“who”)
   • Det er itj lett å våttå kem som ska vinn' kappleiken idag
     • It is not easy to know who is going to win the competition today

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German keinem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɛm/

Determiner

kem

1. dative masculine/neuter of ken: no; not a(n); not one; not any

Declension

Declension of ken, kee
	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee
dative	kem	kenre	kem	ken
accusative	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee	ken, kee

Portuguese

Pronoun

kem

1. (Internet slang) Alternative spelling of quem

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem. Cognate to Southern Altai кем (kem), Turkish kim, etc.

Pronoun

kem

1. who

References

Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “kem”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

Vietnamese

Etymology

Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]

Noun

kem

1. cream
2. ice cream

   Synonym: cà rem

3. an ice pop
4. (by extension) an iced smoothie

Derived terms

• kem chống nắng (“sunblock”)
• kem đánh răng (“toothpaste”)
• kem mứt (“sundae”)

Zou

Noun

kem

1. mouth

References

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf