gomen

English

Etymology

Clipping of government.

Noun

gomen (plural gomens)

1. (Manglish) government
   • 2001 February 17, "Taikohtai" (username), “Demonising Malaysiakini”, in soc.culture.malaysia‎^[1] (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^[2] (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^[3]:

     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.

Related terms

• gahmen

 

Japanese

Romanization

gomen

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごめん

Malay

Etymology

From English gomen, a Manglish clipping of government.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡomen/
• Rhymes: -men, -en
• Hyphenation: go‧mén

Noun

gomen (plural gomen-gomen, informal 1st possessive gomenku, 2nd possessive gomenmu, 3rd possessive gomennya)

1. (Malaysia, colloquial, slang) The government.

   Synonyms: kerajaan, pemerintah

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gōmen, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.

Verb

gômen

1. to observe closely
2. to care for
3. to take care of
4. 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

1. plural of gome (“man”)

Etymology 2

Noun

gomen

1. Alternative form of game

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.men/

Noun

gomen n

1. Alternative form of gamen

Spanish

Verb

gomen

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