vêm

vêm

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of vir

Inherited from Portuguese vem, inflection of vir.

• IPA^(key): /vɛŋ/, /vɛ̃/

vêm

1. to come

   Vêm câ! ― Come here!

   Saiám vôs nôm pôde vêm ― What a pity you can't come

   Fazê iou vêm pa qui cuza? ― Why did you ask me to come?

• cartâ vêm (“to bring”, literally “to carry-come”)
• … vai … vêm
• vêm di volta
• virâ-virâ vêm (“come in sometime, come when you can”)

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm

• veem (pre-reform spelling)

Old Galician-Portuguese vẽen, from Latin veniunt. Cognate with Galician veñen and Spanish vienen. Also compare with têm.

• (Alentejo, Algarve) IPA^(key): /ˈvẽ.ẽj̃/, /ˈvẽ.ẽ/
• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃ɐ̃j̃
• Homophone: vem (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: vêm

vêm

1. third-person plural present indicative of vir