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

• һәр кем (hər kem, “everybody”)

Erzya

Кемть.

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *kämə, from Proto-Uralic *kämä (“shoe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kem/
• Hyphenation: кем

Noun

кем • (kem)

1. boot
   • 1821, Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.‎^[1], page 22:

     А сумать ки ланксъ, а кавто одіожатъ, а кемть, а палкань, сексъ кона труди, се андови.

     A sumať ki lanks, a kavto odiožat, a kemť , a palkań, śeks kona truďi, śe andovi.

     No bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.

     (literally, “[...] or boots [...]”)

Declension

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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^[2], 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

• кѣмъ (kěm) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

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

Tatar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *kem (“who”).

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

Pronoun

кем • (kem)

1. who

   Кем бу?

   Kem bu?

   Who is that?

   Мин аның кем икәнен белмим.

   Min anıñ kem ikänen belmim.

   I don't know who he/she is.