têm

têm

1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ter

From Portuguese ter.

têm

1. to have
2. to possess
3. there are

• (also common) tem

From Portuguese tem and têm, inflections of ter. Compare similar semantic developments in Kabuverdianu têm. Sense 3 may be a calque of Cantonese 有, especially têm gente as a calque of 有人 (jau⁵ jan⁴).

• IPA^(key): /teŋ/, /tɛŋ/, /tɛ̃/

têm

1. to have, to possess

   Vôs têm quanto filo-filo?

   How many children do you have?

2. (with qui) to have to, to be required to

   Synonym: mestê

   Têm qui esmolâ pa nádi morê di fome

   He has to beg in order to not starve to death

3. there is, there are

   têm gente falá ― some people say (literally, “there are people saying”)

   Têm pâm dóci, têm pâm salgado

   There is sweet bread, there is savoury bread

4. to be (as pertains to physical location)

   Nôs têm aqui ― We are here

   Iou têm na casa ― I am at home

   Úndi têm vôsso mai?

   Where is your mother?

• Sense 2 sometimes written as têm-qui, with a hyphen between the words.
• sâm is not used to express physical location.

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têm

1. first-person singular present of hatin

From Old Galician-Portuguese tẽem, from Latin tenent. Cognate with Galician teñen and Spanish tienen. Also compare with vêm.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃ɐ̃j̃
• Homophone: tem (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: têm

têm

1. third-person plural present indicative of ter

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tem˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tem˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [tem˧˧]

têm • (𢬅)

1. to prepare betel leaves for consumption by folding with slaked lime