kem
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kem"
Languages (16)
Translingual
Ainu • Albanian • Dutch • Icelandic • Malay • Meriam • North Frisian • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Pennsylvania German • Portuguese • Salar • Turkish • Vietnamese • Zou
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Ainu • Albanian • Dutch • Icelandic • Malay • Meriam • North Frisian • Norwegian Bokmål • Norwegian Nynorsk • Pennsylvania German • Portuguese • Salar • Turkish • Vietnamese • Zou
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Translingual
Symbol
kem
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Kemak terms
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ke̞m/
Noun
kem (Kana spelling ケㇺ)
Albanian
Alternative forms
- kêm, qem
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *kapna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- (“smoke, seethe”) (compare Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”), Polish kopeć (“soot”)).
Noun
kem m
Dutch
Verb
kem
- inflection of kemmen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Icelandic
Verb
kem
- first-person singular present indicative active of koma
Malay
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkem/ [ˈkem]
Noun
kém (Jawi spelling کيم, plural kem-kem)
Synonyms
- (standard Indonesian) kamp
Further reading
- “kem” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Meriam
Noun
kem
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Frisian koma, which derives from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognates include West Frisian komme.
Verb
kem
- (Föhr-Amrum) to come
Usage notes
- Kem is the only (underived) verb whose imperative is distinct from the infinitive I. The other highly irregular verbs are skel, wed, wees, wel.
Conjugation
| infinitive I | kem | |
|---|---|---|
| infinitive II | (tu) kemen | |
| past participle | kimen | |
| imperative singular | kom | |
| imperative plural | kom’m | |
| present | past | |
| 1st singular | kem | kaam |
| 2nd singular | komst | kaamst |
| 3rd singular | komt | kaam |
| plural | kem | kaam |
| perfect | pluperfect | |
| 1st singular | san kimen | wiar kimen |
| 2nd singular | beest kimen | wiarst kimen |
| 3rd singular | as kimen | wiar kimen |
| plural | san kimen | wiar kimen |
| future (skel) | future (wel) | |
| 1st singular | skal kem | wal kem |
| 2nd singular | skääl kem | wääl kem |
| 3rd singular | skal kem | wal kem |
| plural | skel kem | wel kem |
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronoun
kem
- form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvem
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronoun
kem
- (dialectal, Trøndersk, non-standard since 1959) alternative form of kven (“who”)
- Det er itj lett å våttå kem som ska vinn' kappleiken idag
- It is not easy to know who is going to win the competition today
- Det er itj lett å våttå kem som ska vinn' kappleiken idag
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛm/
Determiner
kem
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m | f | n | |||
| nominative | ken, kee | ken, kee | ken, kee | ken, kee | |
| dative | kem | kenre | kem | ken | |
| accusative | ken, kee | ken, kee | ken, kee | ken, kee | |
Portuguese
Pronoun
kem
Salar
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kem. Cognate to Southern Altai кем (kem), Turkish kim, etc.
Pronoun
kem
References
Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “kem”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow
Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kem (“illness”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛm/
Adjective
kem
Noun
kem (definite accusative kemi, plural kemler)
- (archaic) illness
Vietnamese
Etymology
Borrowed from French crème. Doublet of cà lem and cà rem.
Pronunciation
Noun
kem
Derived terms
Zou
Noun
kem