gomen
English
Etymology
Clipping of government.
Noun
gomen (plural gomens)
- (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.
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Related terms
- gahmen
Japanese
Romanization
gomen
- Rōmaji transcription of ごめん
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *gōmen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.
Verb
gômen
- to observe closely
- to care for
- to take care of
- 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
- plural of gome (“man”)
Noun
gomen
- Alternative form of game
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡo.men/
Noun
gomen n
- Alternative form of gamen