eme

[ eem ]

/ im /

noun Chiefly Scot.

friend.

uncle.

Nearby words

embryotrophy, embus, embusqué, emcee, emden, eme, emea, emedullate, emeer, emeerate, emeiocytosis

Origin of eme

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

Definition 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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Examples from the Web for eme

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
In the swift way that only natives know about, Eme Ete received news of it.
The White Queen of Okoyong|W.P. Livingstone
Many weights of lead and marble were found here; one with the inscription, "Eme et habebis" (Buy and you shall have), also scales.
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
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

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
But there was one who was kind to her, Eme Ete, a sister of the chief, who had a sad story.
The White Queen of Okoyong|W.P. Livingstone

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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Word Origin and History for eme

-eme

in linguistics, noted as an active suffix and word-formation element from 1953; from French -ème "unit, sound," from phonème (see phoneme).