homes

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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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homes

  1. plural of home

Noun

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homes

  1. (slang) Alternative spelling of holmes
    • 2007, Robert Crais, The Two Minute Rule:
      Ghee said, "Yo, homes. This is my youngest baby, Marisol. Sweetie, say hi to Mr. Holman." Marisol told Holman it was a pleasure to meet him.
    • 2008, Matthew Ray, Ethan Brown's Twisted Reality:
      I said what's up Homes? What you doing over this side of the hood?

Verb

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homes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of home

Anagrams

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Catalan

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homes

  1. plural of home

Galician

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Pronunciation

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homes m pl

  1. plural of home

Middle English

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Noun

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homes

  1. plural of hom

Narragansett

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Etymology

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Unclear. Possibly either:

Noun

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hômes anim (plural hômesuck)

  1. old man
    Synonym: kichize

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Monica Macaulay, Margaret Noodin, J. Randolph Valentine (2016 May 1) Papers of the Forty-Fourth Algonquian Conference: Actes du Congrès des Algonquinistes, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 111:EMah /nə̆maxōm/ 'my grandfather' (⟨Nemoghhome⟩ < PEA *nəməhxōm < PA *nemehšo·ma) was taken into Western Abenaki as WAb (nmahom) 'my grandfather', displacing the inherited word WAb ⟨nmosom(is)⟩ in its original primary meaning (now 'my remote male ancestor').
  2. ^ Joseph Laurent (1884) New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues: The First Ever Published on the Grammatical System, page 20:Nmahom.
  3. ^ James Hammond Trumbull (1903) “*hômes”, in Natick Dictionary, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 28
  4. ^ F. O'Brien & J. Jennings (2001) Introduction to the Narragansett Language[1], Newport: Aquidneck Indian Council, →LCCN, page 86

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Noun

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homes

  1. plural of home