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ame

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ame"

Afade

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Alternative forms

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  • (various orthographies:) ʔâm / ámeh / ameː / hămē / ame̱

Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

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ame

  1. water

References

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  • Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Afd. ámeh [ame(ː)] [Stz.] = hămē [Barth] = ame̱ [Lbf.], […]

Afrikaans

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Noun

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ame

  1. plural of aam

Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin amia (“sea fish”), derived from Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).[1]

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Noun

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ame f (plural ame, definite ame, definite plural amet)

  1. brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
    Synonym: lojbë

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  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “ame”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 96

Chamicuro

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Noun

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ame

  1. axe, hatchet

Cheyenne

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Noun

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ame (inanimate)

  1. pemmican

Esperanto

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Etymology

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From ami +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈame]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Hyphenation: a‧me

Adverb

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ame

  1. with love, in love, lovingly
    • Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, Ĉapitro 11,
      Ame ĉirkaŭata, li sidadis en la mezo de la kongresanoj kun edzino.
      Surrounded with love, he would sit with his wife in the midst of those attending the congress.
    • Stellan Engholm, Infanoj en Torento, Dua Parto, Ĉapitro III,
      li subite metis sian brakon ĉirkaŭ ŝian kolon kaj ame rigardis en ŝiajn okulojn.
      he suddenly put his arm around her neck and looked lovingly into her eyes.

Ewe

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Noun

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ame (plural amewo)

  1. man (human)
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Galician

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Verb

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ame

  1. inflection of amar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

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Romanization

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ame

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あめ

Kalo Finnish Romani

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Pronoun

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ame

  1. we

References

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  • “ame” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Laurentian

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Etymology

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From Proto-North Iroquoian *ˈaːwẽɁ, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *awẽɁ.

Noun

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ame

  1. water
  • Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[1], University of Manitoba, page 461

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French aesme, esme.

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Noun

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ame (plural ames)

  1. evaluation, guess, opinion; plan, intention
  2. aim, purpose

Descendants

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  • English: aim
  • Yola: aim

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Middle French

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Etymology

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    Inherited from Old French ame, from Latin anima.

    Noun

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    ame f (plural ames)

    1. soul; spirit

    Descendants

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    Mpade

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    Etymology

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    Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

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    ame pl

    1. water

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    Murui Huitoto

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    Etymology

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    Cognates include Minica Huitoto ame and Nüpode Huitoto ame.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈamɛ]
    • Hyphenation: a‧me

    Root

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    ame

    1. wood

    Derived terms

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    References

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    • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 271

    Old French

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    Alternative forms

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    • anima (9th and 10th centuries)
    • anme (11th century)
    • alme (12th century)

    Etymology

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      From Latin anima.

      Noun

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      ame oblique singular, f (oblique plural ames, nominative singular ame, nominative plural ames)

      1. soul; spirit

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      Portuguese

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      Verb

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      ame

      1. inflection of amar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Rayón Zoque

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      Noun

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      ame

      1. year

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      • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

      Romani

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      Pronoun

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      ame

      1. Alternative form of amen (“we”)

      Spanish

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      Pronunciation

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      Verb

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      ame

      1. inflection of amar:
        1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
        2. third-person singular imperative

      Tangam

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      Etymology 1

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      From Proto-Tani *a-mə, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Burmese မီး (mi:) and Tibetan མེ (me).

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      Noun

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      ámè

      1. fire

      Etymology 2

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      Adjective

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      àmé

      1. small

      References

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      • Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

      Tarantino

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      Verb

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      ame

      1. first-person plural present indicative of avere

      Umbundu

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      Pronoun

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      ame

      1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

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      Umbundu personal pronouns
      singular plural
      first-person ame etu
      second-person ove ene
      third-person eye ovo

      Uneme

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      Etymology

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      From Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, see Edo amẹ, Yekhee amɛ, and other Edoid languages

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      ame

      1. water

      References

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      • The History of Ogori (1970), in notes

      Urhobo

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      Etymology

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      Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, compare with Edo amẹ and distantly related to Yoruba omi, Igbo mmiri.

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      Noun

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      ame

      1. water

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      Ye'kwana

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      Variant orthographies
      ALIV ame
      Brazilian standard ame
      New Tribes ame

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      Verb

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      ame

      1. (transitive) to lick
      2. (transitive) to suck
      3. (transitive) to eat (something sweet)

      Derived terms

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      References

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      • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ame”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[4], Lyon
      • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ameedö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎[5], Museu do Índio/FUNAI

      Zirenkel

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      Noun

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      ame

      1. water

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