homes

See also: Homes

English

Pronunciation

Noun

homes

  1. plural of home

Noun

homes

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of holmes
    • 2007, Robert Crais, The Two Minute Rule:
      Ghee said, "Yo, homes. This is my youngest baby, Marisol. Sweetie, say hi to Mr. Holman." Marisol told Holman it was a pleasure to meet him.
    • 2008, Matthew Ray, Ethan Brown's Twisted Reality:
      I said what's up Homes? What you doing over this side of the hood?

Verb

homes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of home

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

homes

  1. plural of home

Galician

Noun

homes m pl

  1. plural of home

Middle English

Noun

homes

  1. plural of hom

Narragansett

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly either:

  • Related to Ojibwe -mishoomis (“grandfather”), Abenaki nem8s-8mes (“my grandfather”).[1]
  • Meaning "he moves about a little", with the ending -es indicating the diminutive.[2]

Noun

hômes anim (plural hômesuck)

  1. old man
    Synonym: kichize

Declension
Declension of homes (animate, 2 forms attested)
singular plural locative
unpossessed hômeshômesuck*homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
possessed forms
first-person (my) *n'homes*n'homes-uck*n'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
second-person (your) *k'homes*k'homes-uck*k'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)
third-person (his, her) *w'homes*w'homes-uck*w'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut)

References
  1. James Hammond Trumbull (1903), “*hômes”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 28
  2. F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language‎, Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

homes

  1. plural of home
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