neme

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• Rhymes: -eːmə

neme

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of nemen

   Men neme een mooie beroemde vrouw, een klinkende boodschap en voilà. ― Take a beautiful famous woman, a resounding message, and voila.

“Men neme” were the traditional opening words of a recipe, followed by a list of ingredients and further instructions in the subjunctive mood. While archaic, this form is still commonly used for (often fictitious and facetious) success formulas.

• meen, mene, neem

neme

1. six

nem (“gender”) +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛmɛ]
• Hyphenation: ne‧me

neme

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of nem

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

neme

1. woman

• p.108 of: Alexandre François, 2009, « The languages of Vanikoro: Three lexicons and one grammar », in Bethwyn Evans, Discovering history through language: Papers in honour of Malcolm Ross, Canberra, Australian National University, Pacific Linguistics 605, p. 103-126.
• François, Alexandre. 2021. Online Teanu–English dictionary, with equivalents in Lovono and Tanema. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. – entry emele in Teanu, showing Lovono equivalent neme.

neme

1. inflection of nem:
   1. masculine accusative plural
   2. feminine genitive singular
   3. feminine nominative/accusative/vocative plural

neme

1. dative singular of nem