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==Bemé==
==Bemé==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From [[Ketaserang]] ''wuuyuy'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈwuːjʊj]]] "migrant worker; (figurative) a [[Columbé|Columbayo]]".
From [[Ketaserang]] ''wuuyuy'' [[Help:IPA|[ˈwuːjʊj]]] "migrant worker; (derogatory) a [[Saint Columban|Columbayo]]".
===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
(''[[Bemé#Tak vs kriyal|Bemetak]]'') [[IPA for Bemé|IPA]]: [woi̯woi̯]
(''[[Bemé#Tak vs kriyal|Bemetak]]'') [[IPA for Bemé|IPA]]: [woi̯woi̯]
===Noun===
===Noun===
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{{head|beme|noun}}


# urbanite, city dweller
# {{label|beme|rural|derogatory}} urbanite, city dweller
#: {{ux|beme|Yu ogulin dat '''woiwoi''' eh mub nyeh wi la?|Did you see that urbanite who moved near us?}}
# {{label|beme|Cassim Po|slang}} a native of Cassim Po
#: {{ux|beme|Im bi '''woiwoi''', bela wi.|He's a Cassim Po native, like us.}}
# {{label|beme|chiefly Seru|derogatory}} a [[Columbé|Columbayo]]
# {{label|beme|chiefly Columban|derogatory}} a [[Ketaserang|Seru]]


[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé words]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Noun}}s]]
===Adjective===
{{head|beme|noun}}
 
# {{label|beme|slang|chiefly outside Cassim Po}} [[w:Gentrification|gentrified]]
#: {{ux|beme|Im lib ni '''woiwoi''' town. Yu wa wan?|He lives in a gentrified neighbourhood. Do you want to go?}}
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Bemé lemmas]] [[Category:Bemé {{lc: Noun}}s]] [[Category:Bemé adjectives]] [[Category:Bemé words of indigenous origin]] [[Category:Bemé words of Ketaserang origin]]

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Bemé

Etymology

From Ketaserang wuuyuy [ˈwuːjʊj] "migrant worker; (derogatory) a Columbayo".

Pronunciation

(Bemetak) IPA: [woi̯woi̯]

Noun

woiwoi

  1. (rustic, derogatory) urbanite, city dweller
    Yu ogulin dat woiwoi eh mub nyeh wi la?
    Did you see that urbanite who moved near us?
  2. (Cassim Po, slang) a native of Cassim Po
    Im bi woiwoi, bela wi.
    He's a Cassim Po native, like us.
  3. (chiefly Seru, derogatory) a Columbayo
  4. (chiefly Columban, derogatory) a Seru

Adjective

woiwoi

  1. (slang, chiefly outside Cassim Po) gentrified
    Im lib ni woiwoi town. Yu wa wan?
    He lives in a gentrified neighbourhood. Do you want to go?