# eme
## Translingual
### Symbol

eme
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Emerillon.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Emerillon terms

## English
### Alternative forms

* eam
* eem (dialectal)
* eame
* neam
* neame
* neme

### Etymology

From Middle English éam, eom, em, eme (“uncle”), from Old English ēam (“uncle”). See eam.

### Noun

eme (plural emes)
* (obsolete outside Scotland) An uncle.
** 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “quintum”, in Le Morte Darthur, book VIII:Soo this yonge syre Trystram rode vnto his eme kynge Marke of Cornewayle / ¶ And whanne he came there / he herd say that ther wold no knyghte fyghte with syre Marhaus / Thenne yede sir Tristram vnto his eme and sayd / syre yf ye wylle gyue me thordre of knyghthode / I wille doo bataille with syr MarhausSo this young knight, Tristan, rode unto his uncle, king Mark of Cornwall / ¶ And when he came thither / he heard say that no knight there would fight Sir Marhaus / Then went Sir Tristan unto his uncle and said / Sire, if ye give me the order of knighthood / I shall battle Sir Marhaus
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Whilst they were young, Cassibalane their Eme / Was by the people chosen in their sted […]Whilst they were young, Cassibalain, their uncle, / was chosen by the people in their stead […]
* (Scotland) Friend.

#### Related terms

* eam

### Anagrams

* Mee, eem, mee

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eme/, [e̞.me̞]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gascon hemna (“woman”), from Old Occitan femna (“woman”), itself from Latin fēmina (“woman”).

#### Noun

eme anim
* female

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

eme inan
* The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

### References

* ↑ “eme” in Etymological Dictionary of Basque by R. L. Trask, sussex.ac.uk

### Further reading

* “eme”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “eme”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈe.me]

### Noun

eme f (plural emes)
* (Valencia) Alternative form of ema

### Further reading

* “eme” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

eme m (plural emes)
* The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From em- +‎ e (“this”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɛmɛ]
* Hyphenation: eme
* Rhymes: -mɛ

### Pronoun

eme
* (archaic, poetic) this

### Determiner

eme
* (archaic, poetic) Alternative form of emez before consonants: this
    Coordinate term: ama
** 1846, Sándor Petőfi, translated by George Szirtes, Egy gondolat bánt engemet‎:És a zászlókon eme szent jelszóval: / „Világszabadság!”One undefiled word fluttering overhead, / That word Liberty (literally) And on the flags with this holy word: / “World freedom!”

#### Usage notes

A rarer substitute of ez, but unlike the latter, eme does not take the case of the noun it is attached to, and no definite article is used after it:
    ezen a helyen ― eme helyen ― at this place
    ebben a házban ― eme házban ― in this house
Use eme before words beginning with consonants. Use emez before words beginning with vowels (e.g. emez esetben (“in this case”), emez alkalommal (“on this occasion”)).

#### Synonyms

* e
* ezen

#### Derived terms

* mindeme

### References

* ↑ eme in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

### Further reading

* eme 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
* eme, redirecting in this sense to emez 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).

## Italian
### Etymology

Back-formation from emoglobina.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɛ.me/
* Rhymes: -ɛme
* Hyphenation: è‧me

### Noun

eme m (plural emi)
* (biochemistry) heme

## Latin
### Verb

eme
* second-person singular present active imperative of emō

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Adverb

eme
* forms the negative imperative
    Ejae'o eme.Don't cry.

## Middle English
### Noun

eme
* Alternative form of em

## Nauruan
### Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *mata, from Proto-Micronesian *mata, from Proto-Oceanic *mata, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *mata.

### Noun

eme
* eye

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese eme.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈẽ.mi/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈẽ.mi/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈe.me/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɛ.mɨ/
* Hyphenation: e‧me

### Noun

eme m (plural emes)
* The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.
    Synonym: mê

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:eme.

## Scots
### Alternative forms

* eam
* eame
* eem
* eeme
* eime
* emm
* emme
* eyme

### Etymology

From Middle English eem, from Old English ēam, from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), related to Latin avus (“grandfather”). Cognate with Dutch Dutch oom, German German Ohm, German Oheim.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [im]

### Noun

eme (plural emes)
* maternal uncle
* friend

#### Synonyms

* (maternal uncle): mither-brither

#### Related terms

* uncle (“paternal uncle”)

### Further reading

* “eme”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

## Spanish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeme/ [ˈe.me]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -eme
* Syllabification: e‧me

#### Noun

eme f (plural emes)
* The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.

### Etymology 2

From mierda (“shit”).

#### Noun

eme f (plural emes)
* Euphemistic form of mierda.
    Esa película es una eme.That movie is shit.

### Further reading

* “eme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

eme
* Romanization of 𒅴 (eme)

## Tacana
### Noun

eme
* hand

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔeme/ [ˈʔɛː.mɛ]
* Rhymes: -eme
* Syllabification: e‧me

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish eme, the Spanish name of the letter M/m.

#### Noun

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ)
* (historical) the name of the Latin-script letter M/m, in the Abecedario
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) em, (in the Abakada alphabet) ma

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Spanish eme (“M”), euphemism of mierda (“shit; crap”) by taking its first letter. Compare kiyeme. See also lamyerda, lakwatsa.

#### Noun

eme (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒ) (women's speech, gay slang)
* nonsense
    Synonyms: kiyeme, kemerut, echos, kalokohan, sagimuymoy
* term used for any object whose actual name the speaker does not know or cannot remember: thingamajig; whatchamacallit; thingy; dingus
    Synonyms: ano, kuwan
* excuses; pretenses

##### Usage notes

* The word is typically used by women, and may sound effeminate when used by men.

##### Alternative forms

* ems

##### Derived terms

* eme-eme
* umeme-eme

##### Related terms

* kiyeme

### Further reading

* “eme”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* “EME” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
* “eme”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Anagrams

* mee

## Toba Batak
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *həmay, from Proto-Austronesian *Səmay.

### Noun

eme
* paddy (unmilled rice), rice (plant)

### References

* Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 65.

## West Makian
### Etymology

Perhaps related to West Makian me (“he, she, it”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈe.me/

### Pronoun

eme (possessive prefix di)
* third-person plural pronoun, they, them
* (polite) third-person singular pronoun, he (him), she (her)
    ifiteng eme ― he said to him

#### See also

V indicates the expected assimilated vowel of the following noun, following standard West Makian vowel harmony.

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics