eme
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.
Noun edit
eme (plural emes)
- (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “quintum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
- Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus
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- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]
- (Scotland) Friend.
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
Basque edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Gascon hemna (“woman”), from Old Occitan femna (“woman”), itself from Latin fēmina (“woman”).[1]
Noun edit
eme anim
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | eme | emea | emeak |
ergative | emek | emeak | emeek |
dative | emeri | emeari | emeei |
genitive | emeren | emearen | emeen |
comitative | emerekin | emearekin | emeekin |
causative | emerengatik | emearengatik | emeengatik |
benefactive | emerentzat | emearentzat | emeentzat |
instrumental | emez | emeaz | emeez |
inessive | emerengan | emearengan | emeengan |
locative | — | — | — |
allative | emerengana | emearengana | emeengana |
terminative | emerenganaino | emearenganaino | emeenganaino |
directive | emerenganantz | emearenganantz | emeenganantz |
destinative | emerenganako | emearenganako | emeenganako |
ablative | emerengandik | emearengandik | emeengandik |
partitive | emerik | — | — |
prolative | emetzat | — | — |
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
eme inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter M.
Declension edit
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | eme | emea | emeak |
ergative | emek | emeak | emeek |
dative | emeri | emeari | emeei |
genitive | emeren | emearen | emeen |
comitative | emerekin | emearekin | emeekin |
causative | emerengatik | emearengatik | emeengatik |
benefactive | emerentzat | emearentzat | emeentzat |
instrumental | emez | emeaz | emeez |
inessive | emetan | emean | emeetan |
locative | emetako | emeko | emeetako |
allative | emetara | emera | emeetara |
terminative | emetaraino | emeraino | emeetaraino |
directive | emetarantz | emerantz | emeetarantz |
destinative | emetarako | emerako | emeetarako |
ablative | emetatik | emetik | emeetatik |
partitive | emerik | — | — |
prolative | emetzat | — | — |
See also edit
- (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
References edit
- ^ “eme” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk
Further reading edit
Catalan edit
Noun edit
eme f (plural emes)
Further reading edit
- “eme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Galician edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
eme m (plural emes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter M.
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
eme
Determiner edit
eme
- (archaic, poetic) Alternative form of emez before consonants: this
- Coordinate term: ama
- 1846, Sándor Petőfi, translated by George Szirtes, Egy gondolat bánt engemet[1]:
- És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: / „Világszabadság!”
- One undefiled word fluttering overhead, / That word Liberty
(literally) And on the flags with this holy word: / “World freedom!”
- One undefiled word fluttering overhead, / That word Liberty
Usage notes edit
A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike the latter, eme does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used after it:
- ezen a helyen ― eme helyen ― at this place
- ebben a házban ― eme házban ― in this house
Use eme before words beginning with consonants.
Use emez before words beginning with vowels (e.g. emez esetben (“in this case”), emez alkalommal (“on this occasion”)).
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- eme in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- eme , redirecting in this sense to emez in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from emoglobina.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eme m (plural emi)
Latin edit
Verb edit
eme
Mbyá Guaraní edit
Adverb edit
eme
- forms the negative imperative
- Ejae'o eme.
- Don't cry.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
eme
- Alternative form of em
Nauruan edit
Etymology edit
From Pre-Nauruan *mata, from Proto-Micronesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.
Noun edit
eme
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese eme.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: e‧me
Noun edit
eme m (plural emes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter M.
- Synonym: mê
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:eme.
Scots edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eme (plural emes)
Synonyms edit
- (maternal uncle): mither-brither
Related terms edit
- uncle (“paternal uncle”)
Further reading edit
- “eme” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Spanish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
eme f (plural emes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter M.
Etymology 2 edit
From mierda (“shit”).
Noun edit
eme f (plural emes)
- Euphemistic form of mierda.
- Esa película es una eme.
- That movie is shit.
Further reading edit
- “eme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
eme
- Romanization of 𒅴 (eme)
Tacana edit
Noun edit
eme
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Spanish eme, the Spanish name of the letter M/m.
Noun edit
eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)
- (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Abecedario.
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly from Spanish eme (“M”), euphemism of mierda (“shit; crap”) by taking its first letter. Compare kiyeme. See also lamyerda, lakwatsa.
Noun edit
eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)
- nonsense
- Synonyms: kiyeme, kemerut, echos, kalokohan, sagimuymoy
- term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember: thingamajig; whatchamacallit; thingy; dingus
- excuses; pretenses
Usage notes edit
- The word is typically used by women, and may sound effeminate when used by men.
Alternative forms edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “eme”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Sentro ng Wikang Filipino, 2018
- “EME” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- “eme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Toba Batak edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həmay, from Proto-Austronesian *Səmay.
Noun edit
eme
References edit
- Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 65.
West Makian edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps related to West Makian me (“he, she, it”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
eme (possessive prefix di)
- third-person plural pronoun, they, them
- (polite) third-person singular pronoun, he (him), she (her)
- ifiteng eme ― he said to him
See also edit
independent | possessive prefix | |
---|---|---|
1st person singular | de | ti |
2nd person singular | ni | ni |
3rd person singular | me | mVan., dVinan. |
1st person plural inclusive | ene | nV |
1st person plural exclusive | imi | mi |
2nd person plural | ini | fi |
3rd person plural | eme | di |
- V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.
References edit
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics