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Afade

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

ame

  1. water

References

  • 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" :
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" : Afd. ámeh = hămē = ame̱ ,

Afrikaans

Noun

ame

  1. plural of aam

Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
    Synonym: lojbë

References

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

Chamicuro

Noun

ame

  1. axe, hatchet

Cheyenne

Noun

ame (inanimate)

  1. pemmican

Esperanto

Etymology

From ami +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

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

Noun

ame (plural amewo)

  1. man (human)

Related terms

Galician

Verb

ame

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

Japanese

Romanization

ame

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あめ

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani amen.

Pronoun

ame

  1. we

References

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

Laurentian

Noun

ame

  1. water

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aesme, esme.

Pronunciation

Noun

ame (plural ames)

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

Descendants

  • English: aim
  • Yola: aim

References

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

ame f (plural ames)

  1. soul; spirit

Descendants

Mpade

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

ame pl

  1. water

References

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ame and Nüpode Huitoto ame.

Pronunciation

Root

ame

  1. wood

Derived terms

References

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

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

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

  1. soul; spirit

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

ame

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

Rayón Zoque

Noun

ame

  1. year

References

  • 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)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Romani

Pronoun

ame

  1. Alternative form of amen (“we”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈame/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Syllabification: a‧me

Verb

ame

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

Tangam

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ámè

  1. fire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

àmé

  1. small

References

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

Tarantino

Verb

ame

  1. first-person plural present indicative of avere

Umbundu

Pronoun

ame

  1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

See also

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

Uneme

Etymology

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

Noun

ame

  1. water

References

  • The History of Ogori (1970), in notes

Urhobo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

ame

  1. water

References

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Verb

ame

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

Derived terms

References

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

Zirenkel

Noun

ame

  1. water

References

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia