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  • 31some —   Kekahi, wahi.   Also: kahi, kauwahi, nāhi, ona.    ♦ Give me some, na u kahi.    ♦ Some other day, kekahi lā.    ♦ Some other time, kekahi manawa.    ♦ Some place, kauwahi …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 32some —  1. adj. Very praiseworthy.    ♣ He s certainly some cricketer.  2. Not much, some hope! You haven t much chance!  3. Adv. of emphasis. Usu. going some Going very quickly.  4. and then some And more in addition …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 33-some — I. adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English som, from Old English sum; akin to Old High German sam some, Old English sum some characterized by a (specified) thing, quality, state, or action < awesome > < burdensome > < cuddlesome > II. noun&#8230; …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 34some — 1. pronoun /sʌm,sam/ a) A certain number, at least one. Some enjoy spicy food, others prefer it milder. b) An indefinite quantity. Can I have some of them? …

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  • 35some — [OE] Some goes back ultimately to Indo European *smmos, which passed into prehistoric Germanic as *sumaz. This has now died out in most Germanic languages other than English, although a few derivatives survive, such as Dutch sommige ‘some’. The&#8230; …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 36some — determiner 1》 an unspecified amount or number of. 2》 denoting an unknown or unspecified person or thing. 3》 (used with a number) approximately. 4》 a considerable amount or number of. 5》 at least a small amount or number of. 6》 expressing&#8230; …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 37-some — I aff. an adjective forming suffix, now unproductive, with the meanings “like,”“tending to”: burdensome; quarrelsome[/ex] • Etymology: ME; OE sum, c. OFris sum; akin to OOHG sam, ON samr, Go sams II some aff. a collective suffix used with&#8230; …

    From formal English to slang

  • 38some — [OE] Some goes back ultimately to Indo European *smmos, which passed into prehistoric Germanic as *sumaz. This has now died out in most Germanic languages other than English, although a few derivatives survive, such as Dutch sommige ‘some’. The&#8230; …

    Word origins

  • 39Somé — Infobox Settlement official name = Somé other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = motto = imagesize = 300px image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = image blank emblem = blank emblem type = blank&#8230; …

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  • 40some — a. 1. More or less, a certain quantity of, a certain number of. 2. One (indefinitely), a, an, any, a certain. 3. About, near. 4. Several, a considerable number. 5. Some people, some persons, certain. 6. A part, a portion. 7 …

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