niem

niem

1. inflection of niar:
   1. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. first-person plural imperative

Derived from English name.

• IPA^(key): /nɪem/

niem

1. named, called
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3:1:

     Nou iina dem die de, wan man niem Jan di Baptis kom iina di dezot paat a Judiya an staat priich Gad wod.

     Now, in those days, a man named John the Baptist came in the desert part of Judea, and started preaching the word of God.

niem (plural niem dem, quantified niem)

1. name

   — Wa yu niem?
   — Mi niem Jaaj.

   — What's your name?
   — My name's George.

   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 1:23:

     “Lisn op! Di uman we neehn sliip wid no man a-go get biebi — a wan bwai shi a-go av, an dem a-go kaal im Imanyuwel.” Da niem de miin, “Gad de ya wid wi.”

     "Listen! The woman who never slept with a man will have a child — she will have a boy, and they will call him Immanuel." The name means "God is with us".

niem

1. (transitive) to call, name
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 2:1:

     Bot im neehn go a bed wid ar til shi av ar pikni — wan bwai biebi; an im niem im Jiizas.

     But he never slept with her until she had her child — a baby boy; and he called him Jesus.

• niem at majstro.com

• (Courland) nī'em

From *liem, from Proto-Finnic *lehmä.

niem

1. cow

From Proto-Finnic *neemi.

niem

1. cape (of land)

niem (Cyrillic spelling нием)

1. Obsolete spelling of nijem.