nem

See also: 'nem, ném, ñem, nêm, -nem, and ņem

Amasi

Noun

nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)

  1. man

References
  • Africana Marburgensia (1973)

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

Borrowed from English name.

Noun

nem

  1. name
    Nika nem Ling Fu. ― My name is Ling Fu.

Danish

Adjective

nem

  1. easy

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɛm/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

nem m (plural nems)

  1. a type of Vietnamese spring roll.
  2. more generally, any spring roll

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nəm/

Article

nem

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of einem (“a, an”).

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛm]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: nem

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In Ugric languages, e.g. in Mansi language, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as nē-mat (nothing), nē-m-at-χōt (nowhere), Mansi нэ̄мхуньт (nēm-χūńt, “never”).

Interjection

nem!

  1. no, not

Adverb

nem

  1. no, not
Derived terms
Compound words
Expressions

Etymology 2

Of unknown origin.[1]

Noun

nem (plural nemek)

  1. sex, gender
  2. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
  3. (biology, taxonomy) genus (rank in a taxonomic classification between family and species)
  4. kind, sort
    egyedülálló a maga nemében ― unique of its kind
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative nem nemek
accusative nemet nemeket
dative nemnek nemeknek
instrumental nemmel nemekkel
causal-final nemért nemekért
translative nemmé nemekké
terminative nemig nemekig
essive-formal nemként nemekként
essive-modal — —
inessive nemben nemekben
superessive nemen nemeken
adessive nemnél nemeknél
illative nembe nemekbe
sublative nemre nemekre
allative nemhez nemekhez
elative nemből nemekből
delative nemről nemekről
ablative nemtől nemektől
Possessive forms of nem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemem nemeim
2nd person sing. nemed nemeid
3rd person sing. neme nemei
1st person plural nemünk nemeink
2nd person plural nemetek nemeitek
3rd person plural nemük nemeik
Hyponyms

(grammar):

Derived terms
Compound words

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Javanese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of enem, from Old Javanese enem, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nem

  1. (cardinal) six

Latin

Verb

nem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

Maguindanao

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nem

  1. (cardinal) six

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian nema.

Verb

nem

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to take

Conjugation
Conjugation of nem
infinitive I nem
infinitive II tu nemen
past participle nimen
imperative singular nem
imperative plural nem'em
  present past
1st-person singular ik nem ik naam
2nd-person singular dü namst dü naamst
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at namt hi/hat/at naam
1st-person dual wat nem wat naam
2nd-person dual jat nem jat naam
1st-person plural wi nem wi naam
2nd-person plural jam nem jam naam
3rd-person plural jo nem jo naam
  perfect pluperfect
1st-person singular ik haa nimen ik hed nimen
2nd-person singular dü heest nimen dü hedst nimen
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at hee nimen hi/hat/at hed nimen
1st-person dual wat haa nimen wat hed nimen
2nd-person dual jat haa nimen jat hed nimen
1st-person plural wi haa nimen wi hed nimen
2nd-person plural jam haa nimen jam hed nimen
3rd-person plural jo haa nimen jo hed nimen
  future (skel) future (wel)
1st-person singular ik skal nem ik wal nem
2nd-person singular dü skääl nem dü wääl nem
3rd-person singular hi/hat/at skal nem hi/hat/at wal nem
1st-person dual wat skel nem wat wel nem
2nd-person dual jat skel nem jat wel nem
1st-person plural wi skel nem wi wel nem
2nd-person plural jam skel nem jam wel nem
3rd-person plural jo skel nem jo wel nem

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /n͈ʲeṽ/

Noun

nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)

  1. heaven
  2. sky
  3. radiance

Declension
Neuter s-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative nem nemN nimeL
Vocative nem nemN nimeL
Accusative nem nemN nimeL
Genitive nimeH nimeN nimeN
Dative nimL nimib nimib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
nem
also nnem after a proclitic		 nem
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/		 nem
also nnem after a proclitic
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “1 nem” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Portuguese

Alternative forms
  • nẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /nẽj̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɐ̃j̃/
  • Hyphenation: nem

Adverb

nem (not comparable)

  1. not even (introduces an emphatic negation)
    Nem eu sabia disso.
    Not even I knew this.
  2. do not even (introduces an emphatic negative command)
    Nem pense em fazer isso.
    Don’t even think about doing this.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:nem.

Adverb

nem … nem (not comparable)

  1. neither … nor
    Nem gosto nem desgosto.
    I neither like it nor dislike it.

Derived terms
  • nem mais nem menos

Conjunction

nem

  1. nor; and not (introduces a further negative statement)
    Não sei, nem quero saber.
    I don’t know, and I don’t want to know.
  2. nor (introducing each except the first term of a series, indicating none of them is true)
    Devemos aguentar sem água nem comida.
    We must endure without water nor food.

Interjection

nem!

  1. (slang) nah, no
    Você gosta de abóbora? Nem! Eu prefiro cenoura.
    Do you like pumpkin? Nah! I prefer carrot.

Derived terms

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nêːm/

Adjective

nȇm (definite nȇmī, Cyrillic spelling не̑м)

  1. mute, dumb
  2. silent, soundless (movie)

Declension
indefinite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nem nema nemo
genitive nema neme nema
dative nemu nemoj nemu
accusative inanimate
animate		 nem
nema		 nemu nemo
vocative nem nema nemo
locative nemu nemoj nemu
instrumental nemim nemom nemim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative nemi neme nema
genitive nemih nemih nemih
dative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
accusative neme neme nema
vocative nemi neme nema
locative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
instrumental nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
definite forms
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative nemi nema nemo
genitive nemog(a) neme nemog(a)
dative nemom(u/e) nemoj nemom(u/e)
accusative inanimate
animate		 nemi
nemog(a)		 nemu nemo
vocative nemi nema nemo
locative nemom(e/u) nemoj nemom(e/u)
instrumental nemim nemom nemim
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative nemi neme nema
genitive nemih nemih nemih
dative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
accusative neme neme nema
vocative nemi neme nema
locative nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)
instrumental nemim(a) nemim(a) nemim(a)

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnéːm/
  • Tonal orthography: nẹ̑m

Adjective

ném (not comparable)

  1. mute

Declension
Declension of ném (hard)
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative ném ind
némi def		 néma némo
accusative nominativeinan or genitiveanim némo némo
genitive némega néme némega
dative némemu némi némemu
locative némem némi némem
instrumental némim némo némim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative néma némi némi
accusative néma némi némi
genitive némih némih némih
dative némima némima némima
locative némih némih némih
instrumental némima némima némima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative némi néme néma
accusative néme néme néma
genitive némih némih némih
dative némim némim némim
locative némih némih némih
instrumental némimi némimi némimi

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English name.

Noun

nem

  1. name
    Wanem nem bilong yu? ― What is your name?
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 2:11:
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نم‎ (nam).

Noun

nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)

  1. moisture
  2. humidity

Declension
Inflection
Nominative nem
Definite accusative nemi
Singular Plural
Nominative nem nemler
Definite accusative nemi nemleri
Dative neme nemlere
Locative nemde nemlerde
Ablative nemden nemlerden
Genitive nemin nemlerin

Synonyms

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

nem

  1. fermented pork
  2. sausage

Descendants

Volapük

Noun

nem (plural nems)

  1. name

Declension
declension of nem
singular plural
nominative nem nems
genitive nema nemas
dative neme nemes
accusative nemi nemis
vocative 1 o nem! o nems!
predicative 2 nemu nemus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
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