kemener

Breton

Etymology

With agentive suffix -er derived from kemenañ, from Proto-Brythonic *kummɨnad, from Proto-Celtic *kombinati.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ke.ˈmẽː.nɛr/

Noun

kemener m (plural kemenerien)

  1. tailor.

Mutation

Mutation of kemener
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular kemener gemener c'hemener unchanged
plural kemenerien gemenerien c'hemenerien unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  • Jehan Lagadeuc, Catholicon', Jehan Calvez, 1499, page {{{1}}}
  • Henry, Victor (1900), “kemener”, in Lexique étymologique des termes les plus usuels du breton moderne (Bibliothèque bretonne armoricaine; III) (in French), Rennes: J. Plihon et L. Hervé
  • Mentioned in the Dictionnaire François-Celtique ou François-Breton by Grégoire de Rostrenen (1732).
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