Define:Seemetry

Scots

Avenue wi linden in the seemetry bi Ringkøbing, Jutland, Denmark.

Etymologie

Fae Middle Inglis simeterie^{[citation needit]}, fae Auld French cimetiere, fae Medeival Laitin cemeterium, fae Late Laitin coemeterium, fae Greek κοιμ-ητήριον (koimeterion, "sleepin room"^[1]), fae koiman ("tae put tae sleep"), fae keimai ("A lie doon").^[2]

Pronunciation

IPA^{(Whit's this?)}: /′simətri/^[3]

Noun

seemetry^[3]

1. a place whaur the remains o deid fowk ir buried.

Relatit terms

1. graveyaird, graveyard
2. kirkyaird, kirkyard
3. Define:yirdin-place, erding-place
4. Define:burial (-grund), -(place)

References

1. κοιμητήριον. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
2. "cemetery" (in Inglis). Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. "Seemetry". Dictionar o the Scots Leid (in Inglis). Retrieved 5 October 2020.