ome

See also: omè, òme, -ome, 'ome, and OME

English

Etymology

From the suffix -ome. Compare ology.

Noun

ome (plural omes)

1. (biology) The totality of a certain type of biological molecule, such as the genome or proteome.
   • 2012, OMICS: Biomedical Perspectives and Applications‎^[1], →ISBN, page 190:

     The four basic omes, their major interactions, and the evolution of other human omes.

   • 2013, George M. Church, “Reading and writing omes”, in Molecular Systems Biology, →DOI:

     The series is launched with a review from the Snyder group on reading human omes

   • 2016, J. A. Stallins, D. M. Law, S. A. Strosberg, J. J. Rossi, “Geography and postgenomics: how space and place are the new DNA”, in GeoJournal‎^[2], →DOI:

     Proposing a new ome has become a way of validating the importance, relevance, and financial promise of a research program.

Related terms

• omics

Aneme Wake

Noun

ome

1. ear

Central Huasteca Nahuatl

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ome

Numeral

ome

1. two.

Central Nahuatl

Central Nahuatl cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ome     Ordinal : inic ome

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ome

Numeral

ome

1. two.

Classical Nahuatl

Classical Nahuatl cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ōme     Ordinal : ic ōme     Adverbial : ōppa     Distributive : ōōme, ohōme

Alternative forms

• ho̊me, vme (obsolete spellings)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈóː.me]

Numeral

ōme

1. two
   • 1555, Alonso de Molina, Aqui comienca vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana, f. 250r:

     2    dos.ome.

     2    two. ome.

   • 1571, Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, f. 118v. col. 1:

     2   Dos . ome.

     2   Two. ome.

   • Idem, f. 76r. col. 2.

     Ome . dos.

     Ome. two.

Derived terms

• chicōme
• ōmilhuitl
• ōmpōhualli
• ōnxihuitl

References

• Alonso de Molina (1571) Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, Editorial Porrúa, pages 118v, 76r

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : ome     Ordinal : ompa

Etymology

Cognate to Classical Nahuatl ome

Numeral

ome

1. two.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• òme

Etymology

From Old Occitan ome, from Latin homō.

Noun

ome m (plural omes)

1. (Mistralian) man (male adult human being)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• home, omen, omẽe

Etymology

From Latin homō (“man”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.me/

Noun

ome m

1. man (male adult human being)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 224 (facsimile):

     Ond auẽo pois aſſẏ— que en Beia u moraua un ome Caſado ben con ſa moll q̇ amaua

     It happened as such, that in Beja lived a man, well-married with his wife whom he loved.

2. man (the human race in its entirety)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, To codex, cantiga 423 (facsimile):

     Eſta primeira é de comel fez ó çeo. ⁊ á terra. ⁊ ó mar ⁊ o ſol. ⁊ á lũa. ⁊ as eſtrelas ⁊ todalas outras couſas q̇ ſon. ⁊ como fez ó ome áſa ſemellança

     This first one is (about) how He made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and the sun, and the moon, and the stars, and everything else that exists. And how (He) made man in His own likeness.

Coordinate terms

• (gender): moller

Descendants

• Fala: homi
• Galician: home
• Portuguese: homem, home; homẽ; ómi; hómi; hômi
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: omi
  • Indo-Portuguese: homm
  • Kabuverdianu: ómi
  • Korlai Creole Portuguese: ɔm
  • Kristang: omi
  • Principense: omi
  • Saramaccan: womi

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• hom, home, om, omne

Etymology

From Latin homō.

Noun

ome m (oblique plural omes, nominative singular om, nominative plural ome)

1. man (adult male human being)
2. vassal

Pronoun

ome

1. (indefinite) Used to indicate an unspecified individual: one, people, you, someone
   • 13^th c., Aimeric de Belenoi, Anc puois qe giois ni cantç 28–29:

     q'enperis ne reinhatç ¶ non fan ome grasir, mas cors verais

     For neither empire nor kingdom makes one liked, but an honest heart [does]

Descendants

• Occitan: òme, ome

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “homo”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 453
• ome – Dictionnaire de l’occitan médiéval en ligne

Old Spanish

Noun

ome

1. Alternative form of omne

Ometepec Nahuatl

Adjective

ome

1. two.

Volapük

Pronoun

ome

1. dative singular of om: "to him"

Walloon

Etymology

From Old French ome, from Latin homō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔm/, /um/

Noun

ome m (plural omes)

1. man
2. husband

Coordinate terms

• (gender): feme