eme

See also: EME, Eme, ëmë, ēme, eme2, ɛme, -eme, and -ème

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (uncle), from Old English ēam (uncle). See eam.

Noun

eme (plural emes)

  1. (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
    • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “quintum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:
      Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr Marhaus
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. [], London: [] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
      Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted []
  2. (Scotland) Friend.

Anagrams


Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eme/, [e̞.me̞]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gascon hemna (woman), from Old Occitan femna (woman), itself from Latin fēmina (woman).[1]

Noun

eme anim

  1. female
Declension
Declension of eme (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive eme emea emeak
ergative emek emeak emeek
dative emeri emeari emeei
genitive emeren emearen emeen
comitative emerekin emearekin emeekin
causative emerengatik emearengatik emeengatik
benefactive emerentzat emearentzat emeentzat
instrumental emez emeaz emeez
inessive emerengan emearengan emeengan
locative
allative emerengana emearengana emeengana
terminative emerenganaino emearenganaino emeenganaino
directive emerenganantz emearenganantz emeenganantz
destinative emerenganako emearenganako emeenganako
ablative emerengandik emearengandik emeengandik
partitive emerik
prolative emetzat

Noun

eme inan

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.
Declension
Declension of eme (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive eme emea emeak
ergative emek emeak emeek
dative emeri emeari emeei
genitive emeren emearen emeen
comitative emerekin emearekin emeekin
causative emerengatik emearengatik emeengatik
benefactive emerentzat emearentzat emeentzat
instrumental emez emeaz emeez
inessive emetan emean emeetan
locative emetako emeko emeetako
allative emetara emera emeetara
terminative emetaraino emeraino emeetaraino
directive emetarantz emerantz emeetarantz
destinative emetarako emerako emeetarako
ablative emetatik emetik emeetatik
partitive emerik
prolative emetzat
See also

References

  1. eme” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

Further reading

  • "eme" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • eme” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Catalan

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

  1. (Valencia) Alternative form of ema

Further reading


Galician

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Hungarian

Etymology

em (variation of íme) + e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛmɛ]
  • Hyphenation: eme
  • Rhymes: -mɛ

Pronoun

eme

  1. (archaic, poetic) this

Determiner

eme (demonstrative)

  1. (archaic, poetic) this
    • 1846, Petőfi Sándor, Egy gondolat bánt engemet...
      És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: - (And on the flags with this holy word:)
      „Világszabadság!” - (World freedom!)

Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike ez, it does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used:

ezen a helyen ― eme helyenat this place
ebben a házban ― eme házbanin this house

Use eme before words beginning with consonants. Use emez before words beginning with vowels (e.g. emez esetben, emez alkalommal).

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • mindeme

Further reading

  • eme in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian

Etymology

Back-formation from emoglobina.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.me/
  • Rhymes: -ɛme
  • Hyphenation: è‧me

Noun

eme m (plural emi)

  1. (biochemistry) heme

Latin

Verb

eme

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of emō

Mbyá Guaraní

Adverb

eme

  1. forms the negative imperative
    Ejae'o eme.
    Don't cry.

Middle English

Noun

eme

  1. Alternative form of em

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *mata, from Proto-Micronesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

Noun

eme

  1. eye

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese eme.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈẽ.mi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈe.me/

  • Hyphenation: e‧me

Noun

eme m (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.
    Synonym:

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:eme.


Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (maternal uncle), related to Latin avus (grandfather). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [im]

Noun

eme (plural emes)

  1. maternal uncle
  2. friend

Synonyms

  • uncle (paternal uncle)

Further reading


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -eme
  • Syllabification: e‧me

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M.

Etymology 2

From mierda (shit).

Noun

eme f (plural emes)

  1. Euphemistic form of mierda.
    Esa película es una eme.
    That movie is shit.

Further reading


Sumerian

Romanization

eme

  1. Romanization of 𒅴 (eme)

Tacana

Noun

eme

  1. hand

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: e‧me
  • IPA(key): /ˈʔeme/, [ˈʔe.me]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish eme (The name of the Latin-script letter M.).

Noun

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter M, in the Spanish alphabet.
    Synonyms: em, ma

Etymology 2

Possibly from Spanish eme (euphemistic form of mierda). Compare kiyeme. See also lamyerda, lakwatsa.

Noun

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)

  1. (gay slang) nonsense
    Synonyms: kiyeme, kemerut, echos, kalokohan, sagimuymoy
  2. (gay slang) term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember: thingamajig; whatchamacallit; thingy; dingus
    Synonyms: ano, kuwan
  3. (gay slang) excuses; pretenses
Derived terms
  • eme-eme
  • umeme-eme

Further reading


Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həmay, from Proto-Austronesian *Səmay.

Noun

eme

  1. paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

References

  • Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 65.

West Makian

Etymology

Perhaps related to West Makian me (he, she, it).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe.me/

Pronoun

eme (possessive prefix di)

  1. third-person plural pronoun, they, them
  2. (polite) third-person singular pronoun, he (him), she (her)
    ifiteng emehe said to him

See also

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics
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