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têm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tem"

Galician

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têm

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ter

Kabuverdianu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese ter.

Verb

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têm

  1. to have
  2. to possess
  3. there are

Macanese

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Alternative forms

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  • (also common) tem

Etymology

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From Portuguese tem, present-tense inflection of ter. Compare similar semantic developments in Kabuverdianu têm. Sense 3 may be a semantic loan from Cantonese 有, especially têm gente as a calque of 有人 (jau5 jan4).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /teŋ/, /tɛŋ/, /tɛ̃/

Verb

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têm

  1. to have, to possess
    Vôs têm quanto filo-filo?
    How many children do you have?
  2. (with qui) to have to, to be required to
    Synonym: mestê
    Têm qui esmolâ pa nádi morê di fome
    He has to beg in order to not starve to death
  3. there is, there are
    têm gente falá ― some people say (literally, “there are people saying”)
    Têm pâm dóci, têm pâm salgado
    There is sweet bread, there is savoury bread
  4. to be (as pertains to physical location)
    Nôs têm aqui ― We are here
    Iou têm na casa ― I am at home
    Úndi têm vôsso mai?
    Where is your mother?

Usage notes

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  • Sense 2 sometimes written as têm-qui, with a hyphen between the words.
  • sâm is not used to express physical location.

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Northern Kurdish

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têm

  1. first-person singular present of hatin

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽem, from Latin tenent. Cognate with Galician teñen and Spanish tienen. Also compare with vêm.

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têm

  1. third-person plural present indicative of ter

Vietnamese

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têm • (𢬅)

  1. to prepare betel leaves for consumption by folding with slaked lime
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