eme

¹ American  

[eem] / im /

noun

Chiefly Scot.

1. friend.

2. uncle.

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-eme ² American  

1. a suffix used principally in linguistics to form nouns with the sense “significant contrastive unit,” at the level of language specified by the stem.

   morpheme; tagmeme.

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-eme British  

suffix

1. linguistics indicating a minimal distinctive unit of a specified type in a language

   morpheme

   phoneme

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Etymology

Origin of eme¹

before 1000; Middle English eem ( e ), Old English ēam; cognate with Dutch oom, German (arch.) Ohm, Oheim; akin to uncle

Origin of -eme²

Extracted from phoneme

Example Sentences

The Earl of Menteith, thou art my eme, The forward I give to thee; The Earl of Huntley cawte and keen, He shall with thee be.

From The Book of Old English Ballads by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Remember St. Paul's words: he dunamis en astheneia teleitai. edista oun mallon kauchesomai en tais astheneiais, hina episkenose ep eme he dunamis tou Christou; hotan gar artheno, tote dunatos eimi.

From Letters to His Friends by Robinson, Forbes

This eme or emia was doubtless a cassowary—probably that of Ceram.

From Essays on early ornithology and kindred subjects by McClymont, James Roxburgh

The yerle of Mentaye, thow arte my eme, The fowarde I gyve to the: The yerlle of Huntlay, cawte and kene, He schall be wyth the.

From Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series by Sidgwick, Frank

They are called olor’ eme, which means dancers’ houses.

From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood