# temen
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈte.mən]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈte.men]

### Verb

temen
* third-person plural present indicative of témer

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɛmɛn]

### Noun

temen
* genitive plural of temeno

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteːmən/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eːmən

### Verb

temen
* to drawl, to talk slowly

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “temen” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

## Galician
### Verb

temen
* third-person plural present indicative of temer

## Indonesian
### Noun

temen
* (colloquial) Nonstandard form of teman.

## Maranao
### Adjective

temen
* bitter
* difficult

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch teman, from Proto-Germanic *temaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dem-.

### Verb

tēmen
* to fit
* to suit, to look good (of clothes)

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “temen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Anglian Old English tēman (West Saxon tīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *taumijan, from Proto-Germanic *taumijaną.
Equivalent to tem (“group”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix), which some forms are modified on the analogy of.

#### Alternative forms

* tem, teme, temyn, theam, timen
* tæmenn, teamen, teman (Early Middle English)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛːmən/, /ˈteːmən/

#### Verb

temen
* To bear young, to produce children.
* To give testimony towards; to support.
* To join a cause; to be part of a cause.
* To travel towards; to result in.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) temen, teme | (to) temen, teme |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | teme | temed |
| 2nd-person singular | temest | temedest |
| 3rd-person singular | temeth | temed |
| subjunctive singular | teme | temed |
| imperative singular | teme | — |
| plural$^1$ | temen, teme | temeden, temede |
| imperative plural | temeth, teme | — |
| participles | temynge, temende | temed, ytemed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: teem

##### References

* “tẹ̄men, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse tœma, from Proto-Germanic *tōmijaną.

#### Alternative forms

* teme, temyn, teyme

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteːmən/

#### Verb

temen
* To drain, empty
* To pour, spout

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) temen, teme | (to) temen, teme |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | teme | temed |
| 2nd-person singular | temest | temedest |
| 3rd-person singular | temeth | temed |
| subjunctive singular | teme | temed |
| imperative singular | teme | — |
| plural$^1$ | temen, teme | temeden, temede |
| imperative plural | temeth, teme | — |
| participles | temynge, temende | temed, ytemed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: teem
* Scots: teem

##### References

* “tẹ̄men, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Old English temian, modification of Proto-West Germanic *tammjan, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

#### Alternative forms

* teme, temie

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɛːmən/

#### Verb

temen
* To tame, domesticate
* To take control of, master, subdue.

##### Conjugation

| infinitive | (to) temen, teme | (to) temen, teme |
| | present tense | past tense |
| 1st-person singular | teme | temed |
| 2nd-person singular | temest | temedest |
| 3rd-person singular | temeth | temed |
| subjunctive singular | teme | temed |
| imperative singular | teme | — |
| plural$^1$ | temen, teme | temeden, temede |
| imperative plural | temeth, teme | — |
| participles | temynge, temende | temed, ytemed |
$^1$Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: teme

##### References

* “tēmien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-25.

## Northern Kurdish
### Noun

temen m
* age

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈteː.men/

### Verb

tēmen
* plural present subjunctive of tēman

## Slovene
### Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tьmьnъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tə̀mən/, /təmə́n/

### Adjective

tə̀mən or təmə̏n (comparative temnȇjši, superlative nȁjtemnȇjši)
* dark

#### Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* temȃn

#### Derived terms

* temnīti

### Further reading

* “temen”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtemen/ [ˈt̪e.mẽn]
* Rhymes: -emen
* Syllabification: te‧men

### Verb

temen
* inflection of temar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative
* third-person plural present indicative of temer

### Anagrams

* menté, mente, meten, tenme

## Sumerian
### Romanization

temen
* Romanization of 𒋼 (temen)