hom
Translingual
Symbol
hom
See also
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Homa terms
English
Noun
hom (uncountable)
- Alternative form of haoma (“sacred plant”).
See also
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔm/
Audio: (file)
Pronoun
hom (subject hy, possessive sy)
- third-person singular object pronoun
Synonyms
- (it): dit
See also
subjective | objective | possessive determiner |
possessive pronoun | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
2nd, formal | u | u s’n | ||||
3rd | masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | |
fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
plural | 1st | ons | ons s’n | |||
2nd | julle / jul1 | julle s’n | ||||
3rd | hulle / hul1 | hulle s’n |
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan hom, from the nominative case of Latin homō (“man”). Its pronominal use is of Germanic origin. Compare Old English man (“one, they, people”), reduced form of Old English mann (“man, person”); French on; German man (“one, they, people”); Dutch men (“one, they, people”).
Doublet of home (“man”), from Old Catalan (h)ome(n), that continues the accusative case form hominem. There are very few Latin nouns that have been inherited in more than one case form, others include drac/dragó and res/re.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
hom
- one, people, someone (an unspecified individual: indefinite personal pronoun)
- Hom diu que… ― It is said that…
Declension
strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
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proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |||||
singular | 1st person |
standard | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person |
standard | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | |
formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
3rd person |
m | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | |
f | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
n | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
plural | ||||||||
1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
2nd person |
standard | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | |
formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person |
m | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | |
f | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
adverbial | ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | |||||
locative | hi | -hi |
1 Behaves grammatically as plural. 2 Behaves grammatically as third person.
3 Only as object of a preposition. 4 Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-.
See also
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch homme, identical to homme (“mold”), of uncertain origin, but probably related to Old Norse húm (“dusky, twilight”), from Proto-Germanic *skim- (“to shine-”), which has been compared to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”),[1] but according to the Etymologisch Woordenboek this is extremely unlikely.[2]
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
hom f (plural hommen, diminutive hommetje n)
- (Netherlands) milt (fish semen)
- Coordinate term: kuit (“spawn, roe”)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: hom (dated)
References
- ^ Southern, M. R. V. (1999). Sub-grammatical survival : Indo-European s-mobile and its regeneration in Germanic. Washington: Institute for the Study of Man, p. 199
- ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “hom”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
Hanunoo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhum/ [ˈhom]
- Rhymes: -um
- Syllabification: hom
Pronoun
hom (Hanunoo spelling ᜱᜳᜫ᜴) (literary)
- alternative form of ho
Further reading
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 129
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔːm/
- Rhymes: -ɔːm
Noun
- home, residence, dwelling
- house, housing
- accommodation, rest
- (figuratively) seat, headquarters, centre
- (rare) village, town
Alternative forms
Adverb
hom
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “hōm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- “hōm, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hom
- alternative form of hem (“them”)
Etymology 3
Noun
hom (homes)
- alternative form of hamme (“enclosure, meadow”)
Etymology 4
Pronoun
hom
- alternative form of whom (“who, whom”, accusative)
Mòcheno
Etymology
From Middle High German haben, from Old High German hāben, from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have; to hold”). Cognate with German haben, English have.
Verb
hom
- to have
- Mu i hom a kòmmer as tschins? ― Can I have a room to rent?
References
- “hom” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hvammr. Doublet of kvam.
Noun
hom m (definite singular homen, indefinite plural homar, definite plural homane)
- a little vale
References
- “hom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
Old English
Noun
hom f
- alternative form of ham
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin homō. The use as a pronoun is a calque from West Germanic (compare Middle High German man, Middle Dutch men).
Noun
hom m
- nominative singular of home (“man”)
Pronoun
hom
Descendants
- French: on
Zuni
Pronoun
hom
- First person singular possessive (medial position)
- First person singular object