# gome
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡʌm/
* Rhymes: -ʌm
* Homophone: gum

### Noun

gome
* (obsolete, Scotland, Northern England) A man.
** a. 1500, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane:A gome gais to ane garet.
** 1515, The Scottish Field:The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.
** 1820, Scots Magazine:Whan the stalwart gome strade ower the spait An' clasp'd me in the flude.

#### Usage notes

The word gome survives only as part of the oral tradition in rural Scotland and Northern England. It is no longer used in common speech.

#### Related terms

* bridegroom

#### References

* DSL
* Chetham Miscellanies, Volume 2
* DSL

### Anagrams

* geom., mego

## Lombard
### Alternative forms

* gomm, gumm, gom, gomi

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡom/, [ɡom], [ɡum] (Western dialects)
* IPA: /ˈɡome/, [ˈɡome] (Eastern dialects)
* IPA: /ˈɡome/, [ˈɡomi], [ˈɡumi] (Valtellinese)

### Noun

gome
* plural of goma

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English guma, from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ.

#### Alternative forms

* gom, gomme, gone, goom, goome, gume

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡoːm(ə)/, /ˈɡum(ə)/

#### Noun

gome (plural gomes or gomen)
* A man; a male human being.
** c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:And þus bigynneth þes gomes · to greden ful heiȝ.And thus began these men · to cry out full high.$^{VerificationNeeded}$
** c. 1450, Life of Saint Cuthbert:Some towns wex near toom, In the which woned many a gome.Some towns wax near empty, In which lived many a man.$^{VerificationNeeded}$
** 15th c., “Iohannes baptista [John the Baptist]”, in Wakefield Mystery Plays; Re-edited in George England, Alfred W. Pollard, editors, The Towneley Plays (Early English Text Society Extra Series; LXXI), London: […] Oxford University Press, 1897, →OCLC, page 203, lines 267–270:To the, ihesu, I make my mone; / ffarwell! comly, of cors so cleyn! / ffarwel! gracyouse gome! where so thou gone, / fful mekill grace is to the geyn;To thee, Jesus, I make my lamentation: farewell, pleasing [man], so clean of body! Farewell, gracious man! Wheresoever thou goest, you will gain much grace
* A fighter or combatant; one who engages in battle.
* A young male; a child who is male.
* A person of any gender; a human being.
* (rare) A male hireling, assistant or underling
* (rare) A bridegroom; a male spouse.

##### Related terms

* bridegome

##### Descendants

* English: gome
* Scots: gome

##### References

* “gome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “gǒme, gōme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English gōma, from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gōmô.

#### Alternative forms

* gomme, goome, gume, gumme

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡoːm(ə)/, /ˈɡum(ə)/

#### Noun

gome (plural gomes or goman)
* (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth; the gum.
* The interior of one's mouth; the palate or roof of the mouth.
* (rare, Late Middle English) One's teeth or jaws.

##### Descendants

* English: gum (dialectal goom)
* Scots: goom, geem, gum

##### References

* “gọ̄me, gom(m)e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Old Norse gaumr, from Proto-Germanic *gaumaz.

#### Alternative forms

* gom, goom

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡoːm/

#### Noun

gome (uncountable)
* Regard, attention, gaum.

##### Descendants

* English: gaum, gorm (dialectal)
* Scots: goam
** → English: gumption

##### References

* “gọ̄me, n.(4).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-10.

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

gome
* Alternative form of gumme

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

gome
* Alternative form of game

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English gome, gume, from Old English guma (“man, lord, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”).

### Noun

gome (plural gomes)
* a man

## Spanish
### Verb

gome
* inflection of gomar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

gome class V (plural magome class VI)
* bark (of a tree)

## Yola
### Etymology

From Middle English gon, igon, from Old English gān, ġegān.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɔːm/
* Homophone: gaume

### Verb

gome
* past participle of goe
** 1927, “ZONG OF TWI MAARKEET MOANS”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 129, line 6:An awi gome her egges wi a wheel an car taape,And away went her eggs, with the car overset.

### References

* Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 129