neam

Rebracketing of eam. Compare naunt.

neam (plural neams)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of eam (“uncle”).

• -mane, -nema, Amen, Eman, Enma, MEAN, MENA, Mena, NAmE, NEMA, NMEA, amen, mane, mean, mnae, name, namé, ñame

neam

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of neō

Borrowed from Hungarian nem, of unknown origin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈne̯am/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: neam

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neam n (plural neamuri)

1. family, sort, kin, tribe
2. ancestry, lineage, descent extraction, origin
3. nation, people

• familie, gen, trib, origine, gintă, națiune, popor, rasă

From nemati, through elision of /m/.

neam ? (Cyrillic spelling неам)

1. (colloquial) first-person singular present of nemati