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nem

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nem"

Amasi

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Noun

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nēm (singular ɣànēm, plural bánēm)

  1. man

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  • Africana Marburgensia (1973)

Atong (India)

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bodo-Garo *nam¹ (“good”), from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-nam (“good”).

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nem- (Bengali script নেম)

  1. to get better; to heal (oneself)

Adjective

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nem- (Bengali script নেম, type 1)

  1. good

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Bikol Central

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Bikol Central phrasebook
 This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

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Interjection

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nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) Hello
    Synonyms: komusta, tara

Phrase

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nem (Basahan spelling ᜈᜒᜋ᜔)

  1. (Tabaco–Legazpi–Sorsogon) What's up?
    Synonym: tara

Chinook Jargon

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English name.

Noun

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nem

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

Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse næmr (“talented”), from Proto-Germanic *nēmiz (“takeable”).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /nɛm/, [ˈnɛmˀ]

Adjective

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nem (neuter nemt, plural and definite singular attributive nemme, comparative nemmere, superlative (predicative) nemmest, superlative (attributive) nemmeste)

  1. easy

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Eastern Cham

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Eastern Cham cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam, nem

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

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Numeral

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nem

  1. six

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vietnamese nem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /nɛm/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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nem m (plural nems)

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

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German

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Article

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nem

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

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Finno-Ugric *ne (“no, not”). In the Ob-Ugric languages, it has been used only in pronominal forms such as Northern Mansi нэ̄матыр (nè̄matyr, “nothing”), нэ̄мхо̄т (nè̄mhōt, “nowhere”), нэ̄мхуньт (nè̄mhunʹt, “never”) (Sosva) and Northern Khanty нємхуйат (nêmhujat, “nobody”) (Kazym) or нємәԓхуйат (nêməłhujat)/нємәԯхуйат (nêməłhujat) etc.

Adverb

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nem

  2. no, not

Interjection

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nem!

  1. no, not

Noun

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nem (plural nemek)

  2. no (a negative answer)
    • 1994, Ottó Orbán, Cédula a romokon (A Note on the Ruins), Fenegyerekek közt hallgatnak a múzsák (essay)[1]
      …másképp szólva, mi ketten együtt vagyunk a kozmosz kettes számrendszerének igenje és nemje, belénk írva a program, mely a világot mozgatja.
      …in other words, we both are together the yes and no of the binary system of the cosmos, with the program that moves the world written in us.
    nemet mond ― to say no
Declension
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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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		nemé nemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		neméi nemekéi
Possessive forms of nem
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. nemem nemjeim
2nd person sing. nemed nemjeid
3rd person sing. nemje nemjei
1st person plural nemünk nemjeink
2nd person plural nemetek nemjeitek
3rd person plural nemjük nemjeik
Derived terms
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Compound words with this term at the beginning (general terms)
Compound words with this term at the beginning (technical terms[1])
Compound words with this term at the end
Expressions

Etymology 2

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Of unknown origin.[2]

Noun

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nem (plural nemek)

  2. sex
  4. gender; short for társadalmi nem, which distinguishes gender as opposed to sex
  6. (grammar) gender (division of nouns and pronouns)
  8. (zoology, taxonomy) genus (rank in the taxonomic classification of animals, between family and species)
    Coordinate term: nemzetség (the same rank for plants and fungi, which denotes “tribe” among animals)
  10. kind, sort
    egyedülálló a maga nemében ― unique of its kind
Declension
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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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		nemé nemeké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		neméi nemekéi
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
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(grammar):

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Compound words
Descendants
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  • → Romanian: neam

References

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  1. ^ Magyar fizikai helyesírási szótár (’Hungarian Orthographical Dictionary of Physics’). Budapest: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, Fizikai Tudományok Osztálya (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Section of Physical Sciences), 2018.
  2. ^ nem in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • (gender, sex, type): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (no, not): nem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • nem in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Javanese

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Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

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Numeral

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nem

  1. six

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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nem

  1. Dated spelling of nèm.

Latin

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Verb

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nem

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of nō

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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

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  • (Standard Maguindanaon) IPA(key): /nəm/ [ɳɨm]
  • Rhymes: -əm
  • Syllabification: nem

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nëm

  1. six

Malecite-Passamaquoddy

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Etymology

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Cognate with Abenaki nahama, Mohegan-Pequot náham, Unami chikënëm, Quiripi nahiam.

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nem anim (plural nemiyik, possessed nemimol, diminutive nemsis)

  1. turkey

Maranao

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Maranao numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: nem

Etymology

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

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nem

  1. six

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Middle English

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Noun

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nem

  1. Alternative form of em

Nigerian Pidgin

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Noun

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nem

  1. name

North Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian nema.

Verb

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nem

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) to take

Conjugation

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Conjugation of nem
infinitive I nem
infinitive II tu nemen
past participle nimen
imperative singular nem
imperative plural nem'em
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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

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Etymology

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

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nem n (genitive nime, nominative plural nime)

  1. heaven
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 6c9
      Ní hed not·beir i nem, cía ba loingthech.
      It is not this that brings you sg into heaven, that you may be gluttonous.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22b23
      Ci as·bera nech ro·pïa nem cía du·gneid na rétu sa, nípa fír.
      Even if anyone says you pl will have heaven although you do these things, it will not be true.
  2. sky
  3. radiance

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

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Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
nem
also nnem after a proclitic
ending in a vowel 		nem
pronounced with /n(ʲ)-/ 		unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old Norse

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Verb

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nem

  1. inflection of nema:
    1. first-person singular present active indicative
    2. second-person singular present active imperative

Old Tupi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Tupi-Guarani *nem, from Proto-Tupian *nem.

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    nem (noun form nema)

    1. stinky

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        Declension of nem (consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi adjectives)
    Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.
    Causative monem
    Deadjectivals
    -ba'e i nemyba'e
    -sab(a) nembaba
    Singular Singular & Plural Plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person exclusive 1st person inclusive 2nd person
    Adjectival forms
    Active
    Indicative xe nem nde nem i nem oré nem îandé nem pe nem
    Imperative
    Permissive ta xe nem ta nde nem t'i nem t'oré nem t'îandé nem ta pe nem
    Negative indicative na xe nemi na nde nemi n'i nemi n'oré nemi n'îandé nemi na pe nemi
    Negative imperative nde nem umẽ pe nem umẽ
    Negative permissive ta xe nem umẽ ta nde nem umẽ t'i nem umẽ t'oré nem umẽ t'îandé nem umẽ ta pe nem umẽ
    Gerund
    Affirmative xe nemamo nde nemamo o nemamo oré nemamo îandé nemamo pe nemamo
    Negative xe neme'ymamo nde neme'ymamo o neme'ymamo oré neme'ymamo îandé neme'ymamo pe neme'ymamo
    Nominal forms
    Infinitive
    Affirmative nema
    Negative neme'yma
    Circumstantial
    Affirmative same as gerund1
    xe nemi2 i nemi2 oré nemi2 îandé nemi2
    Negative same as gerund1
    xe neme'ymi2 i neme'ymi2 oré neme'ymi2 îandé neme'ymi2
    1South Tupi
    2North Tupi

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    Old Welsh

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Brythonic *neβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *nemos, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”).

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    nem

    1. heaven

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    Portuguese

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    From Old Galician-Portuguese nen, from Latin nec (“nor; and not”). Compare Galician nin, Catalan, French, and Spanish ni, Italian né.

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    nem (not comparable)

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

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    For quotations using this term, see Citations:nem.

    Adverb

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    nem (not comparable)

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

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    nem

    2. nor; and not (introduces a further negative statement)
      Não sei, nem quero saber.
      I don’t know, and I don’t want to know. / I neither know nor want to.
    4. 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.

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    nem!

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

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    Serbo-Croatian

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Slavic *němъ. Doublet of Nemac

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    nȇm (Cyrillic spelling не̑м, definite nȇmī)

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

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    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)

    Further reading

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    • “nem” in Hrvatski jezični portal

    Slovene

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Slavic *němъ.

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    nẹ̑m (not comparable)

    1. mute

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    		 The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
    Hard
    masculine feminine neuter
    nom. sing. ném néma némo
    singular
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative ném ind
    némi def     		néma némo
    genitive némega néme némega
    dative némemu némi némemu
    accusative nominativeinan or
    genitive    anim     		némo némo
    locative némem némi némem
    instrumental némim némo némim
    dual
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative néma némi némi
    genitive némih némih némih
    dative némima némima némima
    accusative néma némi némi
    locative némih némih némih
    instrumental némima némima némima
    plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    nominative némi néme néma
    genitive némih némih némih
    dative némim némim némim
    accusative néme néme néma
    locative némih némih némih
    instrumental némimi némimi némimi

    Further reading

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    • “nem”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

    Tok Pisin

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    Etymology

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    From English name.

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    nem

    1. name
      Wanem nem bilong yu? ― What is your name?

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Persian نم (nam).

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    Noun

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    nem (definite accusative nemi, plural nemler)

    1. moisture
    2. humidity

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    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

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    Vietnamese

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “The "fermented pork" sense is probably the most original.”)

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    Noun

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    nem • (腩, 粘, 𬛈, 𦟶, 𲉯)

    1. fermented pork
    2. spring roll

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    Volapük

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    Noun

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    nem (nominative plural nems)

    1. name

    Declension

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    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 later, non-classical Volapük only
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