eme
FromMiddle Englishéam,eom,em,eme(“uncle”), fromOld Englishēam(“uncle”). Seeeam.
eme (pluralemes)
Borrowed fromGasconhemna(“woman”), fromOld Occitanfemna(“woman”), itself fromLatinfēmina(“woman”).[1]
eme anim
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | eme | emea | emeak | emeok |
| ergative | emek | emeak | emeek | emeok |
| dative | emeri | emeari | emeei | emeoi |
| genitive | emeren | emearen | emeen | emeon |
| comitative | emerekin | emearekin | emeekin | emeokin |
| causative | emerengatik | emearengatik | emeengatik | emeongatik |
| benefactive | emerentzat | emearentzat | emeentzat | emeontzat |
| instrumental | emez | emeaz | emeez | emeotaz |
| innesive | emerengan | emearengan | emeengan | emeongan |
| locative | — | — | — | — |
| allative | emerengana | emearengana | emeengana | emeongana |
| terminative | emerenganaino | emearenganaino | emeenganaino | emeonganaino |
| directive | emerenganantz | emearenganantz | emeenganantz | emeonganantz |
| destinative | emerenganako | emearenganako | emeenganako | emeonganako |
| ablative | emerengandik | emearengandik | emeengandik | emeongandik |
| partitive | emerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | emetzat | — | — | — |
eme inan
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | eme | emea | emeak | emeok |
| ergative | emek | emeak | emeek | emeok |
| dative | emeri | emeari | emeei | emeoi |
| genitive | emeren | emearen | emeen | emeon |
| comitative | emerekin | emearekin | emeekin | emeokin |
| causative | emerengatik | emearengatik | emeengatik | emeongatik |
| benefactive | emerentzat | emearentzat | emeentzat | emeontzat |
| instrumental | emez | emeaz | emeez | emeotaz |
| innesive | emetan | emean | emeetan | emeotan |
| locative | emetako | emeko | emeetako | emeotako |
| allative | emetara | emera | emeetara | emeotara |
| terminative | emetaraino | emeraino | emeetaraino | emeotaraino |
| directive | emetarantz | emerantz | emeetarantz | emeotarantz |
| destinative | emetarako | emerako | emeetarako | emeotarako |
| ablative | emetatik | emetik | emeetatik | emeotatik |
| partitive | emerik | — | — | — |
| prolative | emetzat | — | — | — |
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eme
eme
A rarer substitute ofez, but unlike the latter,eme does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used after it:
Useeme before words beginning with consonants.
Useemez before words beginning with vowels (e.g.emez esetben(“in this case”),emez alkalommal(“on this occasion”)).
Back-formation fromemoglobina.
eme
eme
eme
From Pre-Nauruan*mata, fromProto-Micronesian*mata, fromProto-Oceanic*mata, fromProto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*mata, fromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian*mata, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*mata, fromProto-Austronesian*mata.
eme
FromOld Galician-Portugueseeme.
FromMiddle Englisheem, fromOld Englishēam, fromProto-Germanic*awahaimaz(“maternal uncle”), related to Latinavus(“grandfather”). Cognate with DutchDutchoom, GermanGermanOhm,GermanOheim.
eme (pluralemes)
Frommierda(“shit”).
eme
eme
Borrowed fromSpanisheme, the Spanish name of the letterM /m.
eme (Baybayin spellingᜁᜋᜒ)
Possibly fromSpanisheme(“M”) (see etymology 1), euphemism ofmierda(“shit; crap”) by taking its first letter. Comparekiyeme. See alsolamyerda,lakwatsa.
eme (Baybayin spellingᜁᜋᜒ)(women's speech, gayslang)
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*həmay, fromProto-Austronesian*Səmay.
eme
Perhaps related toWest Makianme(“he, she, it”).
eme (possessive prefixdi)
| independent | possessive prefix | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | de | ti | |
| 2nd person singular | ni | ni | |
| 3rd person singular | me | mVan.,dVinan. | |
| 1st person plural | inclusive | ene | nV |
| exclusive | imi | mi | |
| 2nd person plural | ini | fi | |
| 3rd person plural | eme | di | |
V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun,
following standardWest Makian vowel harmony.