üm

See also: Appendix:Variations of "um"

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German ümme, from Old Saxon umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ym/
  • (Eastern dialects) IPA(key): /um/

Preposition

üm

  1. around, about (sometimes in combination with bi)
  2. at (a time)

Inflection
Pronominal adverbs of üm
preposition üm
postpositional adv. üm
+ her (hither) rüm
+ düt (this) hierüm
+ dat (that) dorüm
+ wat (what) worüm
+ wat (something) enerwegens üm
+ nix (nothing) nargens üm
+ allens (everything) överall üm

Adverb

üm

  1. around, about
  2. around, over (to another state)
    He dee de Schacken üm.
    He turned the switch over.
  3. over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Conjunction

üm

  1. (üm to) in order to

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ام‎, from Arabic أُمّ‎ (ʔumm)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ym/

Noun

üm (definite accusative ümmü, plural ümler)

  1. (obsolete) mother

Ulch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʊm]

Numeral

üm

  1. one

References
  • Natasha Stoynova, The Internalization of Inflection? The Restrictive kə̄n in Ulch, 2018.
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