apem

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦲꦥꦼꦩ꧀ (apem, “appam”), from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam, “appam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapəm]

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• Hyphenation: apêm

Noun

apem (plural apem-apem)

1. (cooking) alternative spelling of apam (“appam”)
2. (colloquial, vulgar) vulva

Javanese

Romanization

apem

1. romanization of ꦲꦥꦼꦩ꧀

Latin

Noun

apem

1. accusative singular of apis

Polish

Alternative forms

• hapem (Chełmno-Dobrzyń)
• apen (Chełmno)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Germanic *ub

Proto-Germanic *upp

Proto-Germanic *upanaz

Proto-West Germanic *opan

Old Saxon opan

Middle Low German open

German Low German openbor.

Polish apem

Borrowed from German Low German open, from Middle Low German open, from Old Saxon opan. Compare Kashubian ôpen and Slovincian open.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): [ˈa.pɛm]
• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈa.pɛm]

Adjective

apem (not comparable, indeclinable)

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Far Masovian) synonym of otwarty

Adverb

apem (not comparable)

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Far Masovian) synonym of otwarcie

Further reading

• Antoni Krasnowolski (1879), “apem”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 303
• Antoni Waga (1860), “apem”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska‎ (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 749