different between yem vs wem

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /w?m/

Etymology

From Middle English wem, wemme, from Old English wamm (“stain, spot, scar, disgrace, defect, defilement, sin, evil, crime, injury, loss, hurt, misfortune”), from Proto-Germanic *wammaz (“stain, spot”), from Proto-Indo-European *wemh?- (“to spew, vomit”). Cognate with Icelandic vamm (“loss, damage”), Latin vom? (“vomit”, verb) (English vomit), Ancient Greek ???? (emé?, “I spew”) (English emesis), Lithuanian vemti (“to vomit”), Sanskrit ???? (vamati, “to vomit”)

Alternative forms

• weam, weem
• wame, wan (Scotland)

Noun

wem (plural wems)

1. (Britain dialectal) A spot, stain, or mark; (by extension) a (moral) blemish or fault.
   • 1822, sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]), Historical romances of the author of Waverley, page 513:

     "It is even so," he added, as he gazed on the Sub-Prior with astonishment; "neither wem nor wound — not so much as a rent in his frock!"

Derived terms

• wemless
• wemmy

Anagrams

• MWE, Mew, mew

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve?m/

Pronoun

wem

1. (interrogative) dative of wer, (to) whom (indirect object).

Further reading

• “wem” in Duden online