English Dictionary

-um

IPA（発音記号）

/əm/

接尾辞

形態素

Denotes transitive verbs in the trade pidgins used between English-speakers and indigenous populations; used derogatorily by extension in English by addition to any verb, transitive or not.

日本語の意味

交易ピジンで他動詞を示す接尾辞として用いられる。 / 拡張的に、侮蔑的な意味を込めてどんな動詞にも付加される場合がある。

On the trading docks, merchants used words like 'trade-um' and 'take-um', attaching the suffix -um to turn verbs into transitive forms the locals understood.

交易の埠頭では、商人たちは「trade」や「take」のような語に、英語話者と先住民の間で使われる交易ピジンで他動詞を示す接尾辞を付けて、地元の人々が理解する他動詞形にしていた。

意味（1）

Denotes transitive verbs in the trade pidgins used between English-speakers and indigenous populations; used derogatorily by extension in English by addition to any verb, transitive or not.

Having finished her return of deaths, she went on to say Black fellow sick—white lady fowl sendum—white lady kangaroo sendum—master all self eatum— but here she paused and made an exception in favour of the matron, expressed by the words Missis not eatum—missis good fellow.