kem

kem

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kemak.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kemak terms

• IPA^(key): /ke̞m/

kem (Kana spelling ケㇺ)

1. blood

• kêm, qem

From Proto-Albanian *kapna, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷh₂wep- (“smoke, seethe”) (compare Ancient Greek καπνός (kapnós, “smoke”), Polish kopeć (“soot”)).

kem m

1. incense

kem

1. inflection of kemmen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

kem

1. first-person singular present indicative active of koma

Borrowed from Middle Low German kam; the vowel is influenced by Latvian ķemme, itself from older Livonian kamm.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkem/, [ˈkemː]

kem

1. comb

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kem”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

From English camp.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkem/ [ˈkem]

kém (Jawi spelling کيم, plural kem-kem)

1. camp

• (standard Indonesian) kamp

• “kem” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kem

1. stomach

• kaame (Mooring)
• kum (Sylt)

From Old Frisian koma, which derives from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognates include West Frisian komme.

kem

1. (Föhr-Amrum) to come

• Kem is the only (underived) verb whose imperative is distinct from the infinitive I. The other highly irregular verbs are skel, wed, wees, wel.

• uunkem

kem

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1959; superseded by hvem

kem

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, non-standard since 1959) alternative form of kven (“who”)
   • Det er itj lett å våttå kem som ska vinn' kappleiken idag
     • It is not easy to know who is going to win the competition today

Compare German keinem.

• IPA^(key): /kɛm/

kem

1. dative masculine/neuter of ken: no; not a(n); not one; not any

kem

1. (Internet slang) alternative spelling of quem

From Proto-Turkic *kem. Cognate to Southern Altai кем (kem), Turkish kim, etc.

kem

1. who

Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “kem”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“illness”).

• IPA^(key): /kɛm/

kem

1. bad, evil, wicked

kem (definite accusative kemi, plural kemler)

1. (archaic) illness

Borrowed from French crème. Doublet of cà lem and cà rem.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɛm˧˧]

kem

1. cream

(classifier cây, que) kem

1. ice cream

   Synonym: cà rem

2. ice pop
3. (by extension) iced smoothie

kem

1. mouth

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf