кем

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kem"

Bashkir

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰚𐰢‎ (kim, “who”), Kazakh кім (kım), Kyrgyz ким (kim), Uzbek kim, Turkish kim, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɪ̞m]
  • Hyphenation: кем (one syllable)

Pronoun

кем • (kem)

  1. who
    Алдаҡсы булһаң, һиңә кем ышана?
    Aldaqsı bulhañ, hiñə kem ışana?
    If you are a liar, who will believe you?
    Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
    Kem belə, bəlki, başqa səbəbe lə barźır.
    Who knows, maybe there is another reason as well.
    Мине кемгә hанайҙар икән, минең өсөн барыбер.
    Mine kemgə hanayźar ikən, mineñ ösön barıber.
    I don't care who they take me for.

Declension
Declension of кем (kem)
singular plural
absolute кем (kem) кемдәр (kemdər)
definite genitive кемдең (kemdeñ) кемдәрҙең (kemdərźeñ)
dative кемгә (kemgə) кемдәргә (kemdərgə)
definite accusative кемде (kemde) кемдәрҙе (kemdərźe)
locative кемдә (kemdə) кемдәрҙә (kemdərźə)
ablative кемдән (kemdən) кемдәрҙән (kemdərźən)

Derived terms

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kämə, from Proto-Uralic *kämä.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kem/
  • Hyphenation: кем

Noun

кем • (kem)

  1. boot

References
  • B. A. Serebrennikov; R. N. Buzakova; M. V. Mosin (1993), “кем”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.

Kazakh
Alternative scripts
Arabic كەم‎
Cyrillic кем
Latin kem

Etymology

From Persian کم‎ (kam).

Adjective

кем • (kem)

  1. lesser, smaller, fewer

Russian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kʲem]

Pronoun

кем • (kem)

  1. instrumental of кто (kto)

Shor

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kem]

Pronoun

кем • (kem)

  1. who

Southern Altai

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

Pronoun

кем • (kem)

  1. who
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