кем

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 bulhaŋ, hiŋä kem ışana?
    If you are a liar, who will believe you?
    Кем белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.
    Kem belä, bälki, başqa säbäbe lä barðır.
    Who knows, maybe there is another reason as well.
    Мине кемгә hанайҙар икән, минең өсөн барыбер.
    Mine kemgä hanayðar ikän, mineŋ ösön barıber.
    I don't care who they take me for.

Declension

Derived terms

Erzya

Noun

кем (kem)

  1. boot

Kazakh

Cyrillic кем (kem)
Arabic كەم
Latin

Etymology

From Persian کم (kam).

Adjective

кем (kem)

  1. lesser, smaller, fewer

Russian

Alternative forms

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
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