Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰢 (kim, who), Kazakh кім (kım), Kyrgyz ким (kim), Uzbek kim, Turkish kim, etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [kɪ̞m]
  • Hyphenation: кем (one syllable)

Pronoun edit

кем (kem)

  1. who
    Алдаҡсы булһаң, һиңә кем ышана?
    Aldaqsı bulhañ, hiñə kem ışana?
    If you are a liar, who will believe you?
    Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
    Kem belə, bəlki, başqa səbəbe lə barźır.
    Who knows, maybe there is another reason as well.
    Мине кемгә hанайҙар икән, минең өсөн барыбер.
    Mine kemgə hanayźar ikən, mineñ ösön barıber.
    I don't care who they take me for.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Erzya edit

 
Кемть.

Etymology edit

From Proto-Mordvinic *kämə, from Proto-Uralic *kämä (shoe).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kem/
  • Hyphenation: кем

Noun edit

кем (kem)

  1. boot
    • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 22:
      А сумать ки ланксъ, а кавто одіожатъ, а кемть, а палкань, сексъ кона труди, се андови
      A sumať ki lanks, a kavto odіožat, a kemť , a palkań, śeks kona truďi, śe andovi
      No bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep
      (literally, “or boots”)

Declension edit

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References edit

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кем”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Kazakh edit

Alternative scripts
Arabic كەم
Cyrillic кем
Latin kem

Etymology edit

From Persian کم (kam).

Adjective edit

кем (kem)

  1. lesser, smaller, fewer

Russian edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

кем (kem)

  1. instrumental of кто (kto)

Shor edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

кем (kem)

  1. who

Southern Altai edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who).

Pronoun edit

кем (kem)

  1. who