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From Dutch asem (“breath”), from Middle Dutch âsem, âessem, from Old Dutch *āththem, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

asem (plural asems, diminutive asempie)

1. breath

From Dutch asem, from Middle Dutch âdemen.

asem (present asem, present participle asemende, past participle geasem)

1. to breathe

• asemhaal

From Middle Dutch âsem, âessem, from Old Dutch *āththem, from Proto-West Germanic *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːsəm/

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• Hyphenation: asem
• Rhymes: -aːsəm

asem m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of adem

• Afrikaans: asem
• Negerhollands: aassem

From Javanese ꦲꦱꦼꦩ꧀ (asem), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm.

• IPA^(key): [ˈasəm]
• Hyphenation: asêm

asêm

1. alternative spelling of asam

asêm (first-person possessive asemku, second-person possessive asemmu, third-person possessive asemnya)

1. alternative spelling of asam

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asem (preterite yusem, negative preterite yusim)

1. to be envious, jealous

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm.

asem

1. sour

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.sɛm/
• Rhymes: -asɛm
• Syllabification: a‧sem

asem

1. instrumental singular of as

asem

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