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)

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

Conjugation of gômen (weak)

infinitive	base form	gômen
	genitive	gômens
	dative	gômene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		gôme	—		gôme	—
2nd person singular		gôoms, gômes	—		gôoms, gômes	—
3rd person singular		gôomt, gômet	—		gôme	—
1st person plural		gômen	—		gômen	—
2nd person plural		gôomt, gômet	—		gôomt, gômet	—
3rd person plural		gômen	—		gômen	—
		imperative
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