zem
English edit
Noun edit
zem (plural zems)
- (informal) A zemidjan.
- 2009, Anthony Ham, West Africa, page 109:
- The name of the hotel will draw a blank with most zems so try asking for 'Les Paillotes'.
- 2013, Simon Richmond, Stuart Butler, Lonely Planet Africa:
- The omnipresence of zems (zemijohns; motorbike taxis) has translated into the near disappearance of car taxis […]
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Czech edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zem f
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Further reading edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
Common Balto-Slavic root; compare to zeme.
Preposition edit
zem (with genitive)
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Mandarin edit
Romanization edit
zem
- Nonstandard spelling of zěm.
Usage notes edit
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zemľa, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *źemē (“ground”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
zem f (genitive singular zeme, nominative plural zeme, genitive plural zemí, declension pattern of dlaň)
Declension edit
Declension of zem
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References edit
- “zem”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Sudovian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *źémē, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm. Compare Lithuanian žẽmė, Latvian zeme, Old Prussian semmē.[1][2]
Noun edit
zem
- earth, land, soil
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 12, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References edit
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 82: “zem ‘žemė, l. ziemie’ 12.”
- ^ “žẽmė” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. s. zem Erde [...] Nar. zem ist nicht klar.”.