ahm
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Ahm 
Ahmi leviala
See also: ähm
English
Interjection
ahm
- Alternative form of um.
- 2008, Stephen V. Masse, “Tape Twenty-One”, in A Jolly Good Fellow, Boston, Mass.: Good Harbor Press, →ISBN, page 192:
- “Ahm—why don’t you go back with Dad and Uncle Eugene. I’ll be over in a jiffy…” Gabriel looks up at her confused, but then takes off for his old man.
- 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92:
- “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”
- 2014, Chris O’Dowd, Nick V Murphy, “Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy”, in The Blunder Years (Moone Boy; 1), London: Macmillan Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 48:
- ‘Did you brush your teeth?’ ‘Ahm . . . No, my toothbrush . . . ahm . . . fell on to the . . . the ceiling.’ He shook his head at himself.
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from Finnish ahma, from Proto-Finnic *ahma.
Pronunciation
Noun
ahm (genitive ahmi, partitive ahmi) or
ahm (genitive ahma, partitive ahma)
Declension
| Declension of ahm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahm | ahmid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | ahmi | ||
| genitive | ahmide | ||
| partitive | ahmi | ahme ahmisid | |
| illative | ahmi ahmisse |
ahmidesse ahmesse | |
| inessive | ahmis | ahmides ahmes | |
| elative | ahmist | ahmidest ahmest | |
| allative | ahmile | ahmidele ahmele | |
| adessive | ahmil | ahmidel ahmel | |
| ablative | ahmilt | ahmidelt ahmelt | |
| translative | ahmiks | ahmideks ahmeks | |
| terminative | ahmini | ahmideni | |
| essive | ahmina | ahmidena | |
| abessive | ahmita | ahmideta | |
| comitative | ahmiga | ahmidega | |
| Declension of ahm (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | ahm | ahmad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | ahma | ||
| genitive | ahmade | ||
| partitive | ahma | ahmu ahmasid | |
| illative | ahma ahmasse |
ahmadesse ahmusse | |
| inessive | ahmas | ahmades ahmus | |
| elative | ahmast | ahmadest ahmust | |
| allative | ahmale | ahmadele ahmule | |
| adessive | ahmal | ahmadel ahmul | |
| ablative | ahmalt | ahmadelt ahmult | |
| translative | ahmaks | ahmadeks ahmuks | |
| terminative | ahmani | ahmadeni | |
| essive | ahmana | ahmadena | |
| abessive | ahmata | ahmadeta | |
| comitative | ahmaga | ahmadega | |
Synonyms
- (wolverine): kaljukass
Related terms
- ahmima (“to hog”)
References
- ahm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
- “ahm”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Italian
Interjection
ahm
- yum!