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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "kem"}}
==Bashkir==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|ba|trk-pro|*kem|gloss=who}}.

Cognate with {{cog|otk|𐰚𐰢|tr=kim|t=who}}, {{cog|kk|кім}}, {{cog|ky|ким}}, {{cog|uz|kim}}, {{cog|tr|kim}}, etc.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ba|[kɪ̞m]}}
* {{hyphenation|ba|кем}} ''(one syllable)''

===Pronoun===
{{head|ba|pronoun|cat2=interrogative pronouns}}

# [[who]]
#: {{ux|ba|Алдаҡсы булһаң, һиңә '''кем''' ышана?|translation=If you are a liar, '''who''' will believe you?}}
#: {{ux|ba|'''Кем''' белә, бәлки, башҡа сәбәбе лә барҙыр.|'''Who''' knows, maybe there is another reason as well.}}
#: {{ux|ba|Мине '''кемгә''' hанайҙар икән, минең өсөн барыбер.|translation=I don't care '''who''' they take me '''for'''.}}

====Declension====
{{ba-noun-c|е|м}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ba|һәр кем||everybody}}

==Erzya==
[[Image:Keens.jpg|thumb|Кемть.]]

===Etymology===
From {{inh|myv|urj-mdv-pro|*kämə}}, from {{inh|myv|urj-pro|*kämä||shoe}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|myv|/kem/}}
* {{hyph|myv|кем}}

===Noun===
{{head|myv|noun}}

# [[boot]]
#* {{quote-book|myv|title=Novum Testamentum Mordvinice litt. cyrill.|year=1821|page=22|text=А сумать ки ланксъ, а кавто одіожатъ, а '''кемть''', а палкань, сексъ кона труди, се андови.|lit=[...] or '''boots''' [...]|t=No bag for the journey or extra shirt or sandals or a staff, for the worker is worth his keep.|url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=PvhJAAAAcAAJ&rdid=book-PvhJAAAAcAAJ&rdot=1}}

====Declension====
{{rfinfl|myv}}

===References===
* {{R:myv:Serebrennikov:1993|+}}
* {{R:mdf:Keresztes:1986}}

==Kazakh==
{{kk-regional|кем|كەم}}

===Etymology===
From {{bor|kk|fa|کم|tr=kam}}.

===Adjective===
{{head|kk|adjective}}

# [[lesser]], [[smaller]], [[fewer]]

==Russian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|ru|кѣмъ||ru-PRO}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ru-IPA}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|ru|pronoun form}}

# {{inflection of|ru|кто||ins}}

==Shor==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cjs|trk-pro|*kem|gloss=who}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cjs|[kem]}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|cjs|pronoun|tr=kem}}

# [[who]]

==Southern Altai==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|alt|trk-pro|*kem|gloss=who}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|alt|pronoun}}

# [[who]]