xem

See also: xém

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zɛm/, /hɛm/, /ksɛm/, /xem/

Pronoun

xem

  1. (nonstandard) Object-case of xe.
    • 1997, Jared Blackburn, in bit.listserv.autism
      Still, most parents have some intuitive understanding that "our child is not like us, maybe someone like xem could help...."

Anagrams


Mapudungun

Adjective

xem (Raguileo spelling)

  1. adult

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic غم.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xɛm/

Noun

Central Kurdish خەم (xem)

xem f (Arabic spelling خەم)

  1. grief, sorrow, distress, worry, concern

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2003), xem”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

Timote

Numeral

xem

  1. two

Alternative forms

Further reading

  • Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), page 128 (notes that this form, and xen, is used in both Timote and Cuica)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (to observe; to watch, SV: chiêm).

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [sɛm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [sɛm˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [sɛm˧˧]
  • (file)

Verb

xem (, , , , , ⿰示占)

  1. to see; to look at; to watch; to read
  2. to examine; to consider; to evaluate; to read (palm, future, etc.)

Derived terms

Derived terms

See also

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