üm

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Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German ümme, from Old Saxon umbi, from Proto-Germanic *umbi.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

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üm

  1. around, about (sometimes in combination with bi)
  2. at (a time)

Inflection

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Adverb

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üm

  1. around, about
  2. around, over (to another state)
    He dee de Schacken üm.
    He turned the switch over.
  3. over, from an upright to a horizontal position (as in "fall over")

Conjunction

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üm

  1. (üm to) in order to

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish ام, from Arabic أُمّ (ʔumm)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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üm (definite accusative ümmü, plural ümler)

  1. (obsolete) mother

Ulch

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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üm

  1. one

References

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  • Natasha Stoynova, The Internalization of Inflection? The Restrictive kə̄n in Ulch, 2018.