kemener

Breton

Etymology

With agentive suffix -er derived from kemenañ, from Proto-Brythonic *kummɨnad, from Proto-Celtic *kombinati.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ke.ˈmẽː.nɛr/

Noun

kemener m (plural kemenerien)

  1. tailor.

Inflection
  Mutation of kemener  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehard
singular kemener gemener c'hemener unchanged
plural kemenerien gemenerien c'hemenerien unchanged

References
  • Jehan Lagadeuc, Catholicon', Jehan Calvez, 1499, page {{{1}}}
  • Henry, Victor (1900), “kemener”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), J. Plihon et L. Hervé
  • Mentioned in the Dictionnaire François-Celtique ou François-Breton by Grégoire de Rostrenen (1732).
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