gomen

Clipping of government.

gomen (plural gomens)

1. (Manglish) government
   • 2001 February 17, "Taikohtai" (username), “Demonising Malaysiakini”, in soc.culture.malaysia‎^[1] (Usenet):

     The gomen is now resorting to high handed means to push through their version of events - DEEP DEEP Denials, although they all know the truth!

   • 2008 April 13, "Tetuang" (username), “Rice now cost 30% more !”, in soc.culture.malaysia‎^[2] (Usenet):

     their gomen spends millions to subsidize their paddy planters [...]

   • 2017 January 12, S Thayaparan, “It is not English football, it is football”, in Malaysiakini‎^[3]:

     We always say that the “gomen” divides us but the reality is that these days, every opportunity is grasped to describe what it wrong with this country instead of using the opportunity to celebrate in the “others” success.

• gomenshud (clipping of "government should", unrealistic expectations for the Malaysian government)

• → Malay: gomen

gomen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごめん

From English gomen, a Manglish clipping of government.

• IPA^(key): /ɡomen/
• Rhymes: -men, -en
• Hyphenation: go‧mén

gomen (plural gomen-gomen)

1. (Malaysia, colloquial, slang) The government.

   Synonyms: kerajaan, pemerintah

From Old Dutch *gōmen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.

gômen

1. to observe closely
2. to care for
3. to take care of
4. to arrange

• “gomen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gomen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

From Old English guman, plural of guma, from Proto-Germanic *gumaniz, plural of *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmónes, plural of *ǵʰmṓ. Equivalent to gome +‎ -en (plural suffix).

gomen

1. plural of gome (“man”)

gomen

1. alternative form of game

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.men/

gomen n

1. alternative form of gamen

gomen

1. inflection of gomar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative