homes
See also: Homes
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /həʊmz/
- (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊmz/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊmz, -oʊmz
Noun
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Noun
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- (slang) Alternative spelling of holmes
- 2007, Robert Crais, The Two Minute Rule:
- Ghee said, "Yo, homes. This is my youngest baby, Marisol. Sweetie, say hi to Mr. Holman." Marisol told Holman it was a pleasure to meet him.
- 2008, Matthew Ray, Ethan Brown's Twisted Reality:
- I said what's up Homes? What you doing over this side of the hood?
Verb
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of home
Anagrams
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Galician
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[edit]homes m pl
Middle English
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Narragansett
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear. Possibly either:
- Related to Ojibwe -mishoomis (“grandfather”), Abenaki nmahom (“my grandfather”).[1][2][3]
- Meaning "he moves about a little", with the ending -es indicating the diminutive.[4]
Noun
[edit]hômes anim (plural hômesuck)
Declension
[edit]Declension of homes (animate, 2 forms attested)
| singular | plural | locative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpossessed | hômes | hômesuck | *homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
| possessed forms | |||
| first-person (my) | *n'homes | *n'homes-uck | *n'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
| second-person (your) | *k'homes | *k'homes-uck | *k'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
| third-person (his, her) | *w'homes | *w'homes-uck | *w'homes-ick (-uck, -eck, -eg, -it, -ut) |
References
[edit]- ^ Monica Macaulay, Margaret Noodin, J. Randolph Valentine (2016 May 1) Papers of the Forty-Fourth Algonquian Conference: Actes du Congrès des Algonquinistes, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 111: “EMah /nə̆maxōm/ 'my grandfather' (⟨Nemoghhome⟩ < PEA *nəməhxōm < PA *nemehšo·ma) was taken into Western Abenaki as WAb (nmahom) 'my grandfather', displacing the inherited word WAb ⟨nmosom(is)⟩ in its original primary meaning (now 'my remote male ancestor').”
- ^ Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System, page 20: “Nmahom.”
- ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “*hômes”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 28
- ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86
Further reading
[edit]- Roger Williams (1643) A Key into the Language of America, London: Gregory Dexter, →OCLC, page 27
Portuguese
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