кем

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Bashkir[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰢 (kim, who), Kazakh кім (kım), Kyrgyz ким (kim), Uzbek kim, Turkish kim, etc.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [kɪ̞m]
  • Hyphenation: кем (one syllable)

Pronoun[edit]

кем (kem)

  1. who
    Алдаҡсы булһаң, һиңә кем ышана?
    Aldaqsı bulhañ, hiñə kem ışana?
    If you are a liar, who will believe you?
    Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
    Kem belə, bəlki, başqa səbəbe lə barźır.
    Who knows, maybe there is another reason as well.
    Мине кемгә hанайҙар икән, минең өсөн барыбер.
    Mine kemgə hanayźar ikən, mineñ ösön barıber.
    I don't care who they take me for.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Erzya[edit]

Кемть.

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Mordvinic *kämə, from Proto-Uralic *kämä (shoe).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kem/
  • Hyphenation: кем

Noun[edit]

кем (kem)

  1. boot
    • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.[1], page 22:
      А сумать ки ланксъ, а кавто одіожатъ, а кемть, а палкань, сексъ кона труди, се андови.
      A sumať ki lanks, a kavto odіožat, a kemť , a palkań, śeks kona truďi, śe andovi.
      No bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.
      (literally, “[...] or boots [...]”)

Declension[edit]

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References[edit]

  • B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “кем”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic كەم
Cyrillic кем
Latin kem

Etymology[edit]

From Persian کم (kam).

Adjective[edit]

кем (kem)

  1. lesser, smaller, fewer

Russian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

кем (kem)

  1. instrumental of кто (kto)

Shor[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

кем (kem)

  1. who

Southern Altai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Turkic *kem (who).

Pronoun[edit]

кем (kem)

  1. who