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Chuukese

Pronunciation

Suffix

-om

  1. (added to possessive nouns) your
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Esperanto

Etymology

Originally -on, it was changed to -om after the publication of Esperanto to avoid confusion with the nominal accusative -o-n.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

-om

  1. -quantity (correlative ending of quantity)

Derived terms

  • ĉiom (all [of something])
  • iom (some)
  • kiom (how many, how much)
  • neniom (none)
  • (nonce) aliom (another amount)
  • tiom (that many, that much)

German

Pronunciation

Suffix

-om

  1. -oma

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From -o- (linking vowel) + -m (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-om

  1. (personal suffix, indefinite conjugation) Forms the indefinite first-person singular present indicative of -ik verbs.
    alszik (to sleep) + -omalszom (I sleep, I am sleeping)
  2. (personal suffix, definite conjugation) Forms the definite first-person singular present indicative of verbs.
    lát (to see) + -omlátom (I see [him/her/it/them])
  3. (possessive suffix) my (first-person singular, single possession)
    kor (age) + -omkorom (my age)

Usage notes

  • (personal suffix) Variants:
    -ok is added to back-vowel verbs
    -ek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
    -ök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
    -om may be added to back-vowel -ik verbs
    -em may be added to unrounded front-vowel -ik verbs
    -öm may be added to rounded front-vowel -ik verbs
  • (personal suffix, definite conjugation) Variants:
    -om is added to back-vowel verbs
    -em is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
    -öm is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -m is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    hajó (boat) + -ma hajóm (my boat)
    kocsi (car) + -ma kocsim (my car)
    palota (palace) + -ma palotám (my palace)
    érme (coin) + -maz érmém (my coin)
    -am is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    ház (house) + -ama házam (my house)
    -om is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    kor (age) + -oma korom (my age)
    -em is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    kert (garden) + -ema kertem (my garden)
    fül (ear) + -ema fülem (my ear)
    -öm is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    öröm (joy) + -ömaz örömöm (my joy)

Declension

(possessive suffix):

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See also

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Suffix

-om

  1. (archaic or dialectal)(nonstandard) Used to form dative case of plural definite nouns

Russenorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Was used in the same way in Solombala pidgin verbs, see -омъ (-om).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʊm/, /um/, /əm/, /ɔm/

Suffix

-om

  1. an ending added to almost every verb in any verb tense (because Russenorsk almost does not have any occurrences of verb conjugation)
  2. an ending in fixed expressions with fossilized case ending derived from Russian -омъ (-om) (and, perhaps, Norwegian dialectal dative plural ending -om). See stoberi motrom.

Derived terms

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Suffix

-om

  1. (literary) verb suffix for the first-person plural present subjunctive

Derived terms

Category Welsh terms suffixed with -om not found

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