комъ

Solombala English

Etymology

Inherited from English come.

Verb

комъ (kom)

1. to come

   Комъ сюда! ― Kom sjuda! ― Come here!

   • 1849 [1848], Vereščagin, Vasilij P., Очерки Архангельской губерніи [Sketches from Arkhangelsk Governorate]‎^[1], Saint Petersburg: Typography of Yakov Trey, pages 406–407:

     Баёмъ бучь, шусь, асей! Комъ сюда! Вери гудъ бучь, шусь!

     Bajom bučʹ, šusʹ, asej! Kom sjuda! Veri gud bučʹ, šusʹ!

     Buy boots, shoes sailor! Come here! Very good boots, shoes.

   • 1867, Prušakevič, Ivan, “Соломбала зимою и лѣтомъ [Solombala in winter and summer]”, in Архангельскiя губернскiя вѣдомости [Arkhangelsk Governorate News], number 85, Arkhangelsk, page 4:

     Асей? Комъ милекъ дринкомъ.

     Asej? Kom milek drinkom.

     Sailor? Come and drink some milk [used in a sexual context, as an invitation to a brothel].

References

• Broch, Ingvild (1996) “Solombala-English in Archangel”, in Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Broch, Ingvild, editors, Language Contact in the Arctic: Northern Pidgins and Contact Languages (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); 88)‎^[2], reprint edition, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, page 94 of 93–98