eme

[ eem ]

/ im /

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noun Chiefly Scot.

friend.

uncle.

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Origin of eme

before 1000; Middle English eem(e), Old English ēam; cognate with Dutch oom,German (arch.) Ohm, Oheim; akin to uncle

Other definitions for eme (2 of 2)

-eme

a suffix used principally in linguistics to form nouns with the sense “significant contrastive unit,” at the level of language specified by the stem: morpheme; tagmeme.

Origin of -eme

Extracted from phoneme

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How to use eme in a sentence

Many former Eme stated that is why they left after feeling disillusioned.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Many of the ones around today are more like the Sprite Generation but there are still some old school left in La Eme.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Federal officials spent Wednesday arresting members of the Boyle Heights-based street gang which has strong ties to La Eme.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to the indictment, it is part of a network of Latino gangs controlled by La Eme.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Ant muche neod is e neomen to ham muche eme for e mahen muchel beon urh ham i godet 190 iwurset.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
Eme Ete came and knelt before her brother and begged him to set free one of them, a weak and timid creature, and this was done.
The White Queen of Okoyong|W.P. Livingstone
Eme Ete sent Ma a secret message, and she rose and followed him, and coaxed him to take the native oath instead of the ordeal.
The White Queen of Okoyong|W.P. Livingstone
In the swift way that only natives know about, Eme Ete received news of it.
The White Queen of Okoyong|W.P. Livingstone
Above the door of a house, once inhabited by a surgeon, occurs the following laconic intimation:—“Eme et habebis.”
The History of Signboards|Jacob Larwood

British Dictionary definitions for eme

-eme

suffix forming nouns

linguistics indicating a minimal distinctive unit of a specified type in a languagemorpheme; phoneme

Word Origin for -eme

C20: via French, abstracted from phoneme

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