different between xem vs yem

English

Pronoun

xem

1. (nonstandard) Object-case of xe.
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Anagrams

• MEX, Mex, Mex., mex

Mapudungun

Adjective

xem (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. adult

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic ???.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?m/

Noun

xem f (Arabic spelling ????)

1. grief, sorrow, distress, worry, concern

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “xem”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

Timote

Numeral

xem

1. two

Alternative forms

• xen

Further reading

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes (2004), page 128 (notes that this form, and xen, is used in both Timote and Cuica)

Vietnamese

Etymology

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“to practise divination”, SV: chiêm).

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [s?m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [s?m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [s?m??]

Verb

xem • (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ????)

1. to see; to look at; to watch; to read
2. to examine; to consider; to evaluate; to read (palm, future, etc.)

Derived terms

See also

• coi
• th?y

English

Etymology 1

See hyem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?m/

Adverb

yem (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) Alternative spelling of hyem

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese y?m.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i??m/

Noun

yem (plural yems)

1. (fashion) A Vietnamese form of underbodice; a dudou, its Chinese progenitor and equivalent.

Synonyms

• dudou, tu-tou (Chinese contexts)

Hypernyms

• bodice, bib

Translations

References

• Griffiths, Bill (2004) A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN, page 191

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Surface etymology ye +? -m.

Noun

yem (definite accusative yemi, plural yeml?r)

1. fodder

Declension

Derived terms

• yeml?m?k

Further reading

• “yem” in Obastan.com.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

yem

1. (Northern, northern East Midlands) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yem (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of yeme (“attention, care”)

Etymology 3

Noun

yem (plural yemes)

1. Alternative form of eme (“uncle”)

Turkish

Etymology

From Old Turkic.

Noun

yem (definite accusative yemi, plural yemler)

1. fodder