See also: TM, Tm, .tm, t/m, and

English

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Adverb

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tm (not comparable)

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of tomorrow.
    byee, cya tm!!
    • 2021 January 28, u/ItsmeKIMOCHI4, “All in tomorrow. The collusion on the other side is absurd to point where true lessons need to be taught to these people.”, in Reddit[1], r/wallstreetbets, archived from the original on 3 April 2024:
      Dont worry bag holders were coming for you tm
    • 2023 February 1, @marioagomez_1, Twitter[2], archived from the original on 3 April 2024:
      I'm wearing this to classes tm. I'm so hyped
    • 2023 November 10, @gentlemantoji, Twitter[3], archived from the original on 3 April 2024:
      i drew sukuna ...👹 I'll post it tm goodnight
    • 2023 November 14, u/TumbleweedTim01, “What did wmma do to Strickland, Is he that mad to headline alongside a female title fight?”, in Reddit[4], r/ufc, archived from the original on 3 April 2024:
      I feel like he wakes up smokes a little cheeba drinks some coffee looks at twitter and just says the most unhinged shit. Then he closes the app doesn't look at a single reply and does it all again tm

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Phrase

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tm

  1. Initialism of 他媽 / 他妈 (tāmā).

Egyptian

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Etymology

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Compare with Hebrew תַּם (tam, to be complete, finished), Arabic تمام (tamām, complete; completeness).

Pronunciation

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  • (proper noun): (reconstructed) IPA(key): /jaˈtaːmuw//jaˈtaːmuw//ʔaˈtaːmə//ʔaˈtoːm/

Verb

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tm
m

 2-lit.

  1. (intransitive) to be complete
  2. (transitive) to complete, to finish
  3. (catenative, with a verb in the negatival complement) to not do, to not be

Inflection

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Conjugation of tm (biliteral / 2-lit. / 2rad.) — base stem: tm, geminated stem: tmm
infinitival forms imperative
infinitive negatival complement complementary infinitive1 singular plural
tm
tmw, tm
tmt
tm, j.tm
tm, j.tm
‘pseudoverbal’ forms
stative stem periphrastic imperfective2 periphrastic prospective2
tm
ḥr tm
m tm
r tm
suffix conjugation
aspect / mood active passive contingent
aspect / mood active passive
perfect tm.n
tmw, tm
consecutive tm.jn
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
terminative tmt
perfective3 tm
active + .tj1, .tw2
obligative1 tm.ḫr
active + .tj1, .tw2
imperfective tm, j.tm1
active + .tj1, .tw2
prospective3 tm
tmm
potentialis1 tm.kꜣ
active + .tj1, .tw2
active + .tj1, .tw2
subjunctive tm, j.tm1
active + .tj1, .tw2
verbal adjectives
aspect / mood relative (incl. nominal / emphatic) forms participles
active passive active passive
perfect tm.n
active + .tj1, .tw2
perfective tm
active + .tj1, .tw2
tm
tmm, tmmj6, tm2, tmw2 5, tmy2 5
imperfective j.tm1, tm, tmy, tmw5
active + .tj1, .tw2
j.tm1, j.tmw1 5, tm, tmj6, tmy6
tm, tmw5
prospective tm, tmtj7
tmtj4, tmt4

1 Used in Old Egyptian; archaic by Middle Egyptian.
2 Used mostly since Middle Egyptian.
3 Archaic or greatly restricted in usage by Middle Egyptian. The perfect has mostly taken over the functions of the perfective, and the subjunctive and periphrastic prospective have mostly replaced the prospective.
4 Declines using third-person suffix pronouns instead of adjectival endings: masculine .f/.fj, feminine .s/.sj, dual .sn/.snj, plural .sn. 5 Only in the masculine singular.
6 Only in the masculine.
7 Only in the feminine.

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Noun

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tm
m

 m

  1. everything, totality, completion

Inflection

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Declension of tm (masculine)
singular tm
dual tmwj
plural tmw

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Proper noun

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tm

 m

  1. the god Atum

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Based on the forms jtm and tmw, some authors interpret the god’s name as jtmw, a noun of action derived from the verb tm (to finish, complete), thus literally meaning ‘the finisher’; however, the most common writings of the name only explicitly show the consonants tm.

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References

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  1. ^ Schenkel, Wolfgang (2005) “Die ägyptische Nominalbildungslehre und die Realität der hieroglyphischen Graphien der Sargtexte: Die Nominalbildungsklassen A I 5 und A I 6” in Lingua Aegyptia, volume 13, page 147

Turkish

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Phrase

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tm

  1. (text messaging) Initialism of tamam (okay).