gomen

English

Etymology

Clipping of government.

Noun

gomen (plural gomens)

  1. (Manglish) government
    • 2001 February 17, "Taikohtai" (username), “Demonising Malaysiakini”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      The gomen is now resorting to high handed means to push through their version of events - DEEP DEEP Denials, although they all know the truth!
    • 2008 April 13, "Tetuang" (username), “Rice now cost 30% more !”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):
      their gomen spends millions to subsidize their paddy planters [...]
    • 2017 January 12, S Thayaparan, “It is not English football, it is football”, in Malaysiakini:
      We always say that the “gomen” divides us but the reality is that these days, every opportunity is grasped to describe what it wrong with this country instead of using the opportunity to celebrate in the “others” success.

Japanese

Romanization

gomen

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ごめん

Malay

Etymology

From English gomen, a Manglish clipping of government.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡomen/
  • Rhymes: -men, -en
  • Hyphenation: go‧mén

Noun

gomen (plural gomen-gomen, informal 1st possessive gomenku, 2nd possessive gomenmu, 3rd possessive gomennya)

  1. (Malaysia, colloquial) The government.
    Synonyms: kerajaan, pemerintah

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gōmen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.

Verb

gômen

  1. to observe closely
  2. to care for
  3. to take care of
  4. to arrange

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive gômen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive gômen
In genitive gômens
In dative gômene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular gôme
2nd singular gôoms, gômes
3rd singular gôomt, gômet
1st plural gômen
2nd plural gôomt, gômet
3rd plural gômen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular gôme
2nd singular gôoms, gômes
3rd singular gôme
1st plural gômen
2nd plural gôomt, gômet
3rd plural gômen
Imperative Present
Singular gôom, gôme
Plural gôomt, gômet
Present Past
Participle gômende

Further reading

  • gomen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “gomen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English guman, plural of guma, from Proto-Germanic *gumaniz, plural of *gumô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmónes, plural of *ǵʰmṓ. Equivalent to gome + -en (plural suffix).

Noun

gomen

  1. plural of gome (man)

Noun

gomen

  1. Alternative form of game

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡo.men/

Noun

gomen n

  1. Alternative form of gamen

Spanish

Verb

gomen

  1. inflection of gomar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative
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