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Birgit
Noun
ami
- 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" : Birgit ˀàmì
Catalan
Verb
ami
- inflection of amar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
ami
- a sapling
Chuukese
Pronoun
ami
- Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural)
See also
Chuukese personal pronouns
Eggon
Noun
ami
- water
References
Esperanto
Etymology
From Italian amare, from Latin amō. Doublet of -ema.
Pronunciation
Verb
ami (present amas, past amis, future amos, conditional amus, volitive amu)
- (transitive) to love
- Antonym: malami
- Mi amas vin. ― I love you.
- Mi estos amita. ― I will have been loved.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of ami
infinitive
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ami
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imperative
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amu
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conditional
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amus
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Louis Couturat, Histoire de la langue universelle, 1903 (p. 340)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French amy, ami, from Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo. Doublet of igo.
Pronunciation
Noun
ami m (plural amis, feminine amie)
- friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis.- We must always stand by our family and our friends.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
Further reading
Anagrams
Gallo
Etymology
From Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus.
Noun
ami m (plural amis; feminine amie, plural amies)
- friend
Herero
Pronoun
ami
- I, me; first-person singular pronoun.
Hiligaynon
Noun
ami or amí
- second harvest
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ami
- (relative) which; that
- Coordinate terms: amely, amelyik
Usage notes
See the Usage notes at amely and amelyik.
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- ami in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- ami in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Anagrams
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
ami
- plural of amo
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
ami
- inflection of amare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ami m
- plural of amo
Anagrams
Japanese
Romanization
ami
- Rōmaji transcription of あみ
- Rōmaji transcription of アミ
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Spanish mi.
Pronoun
ami
- I, me
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄμι (ámi), itself probably from Egyptian.
Noun
ami n (indeclinable)
- bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)
References
- ami in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Mawa
Noun
ami
- water
Naga Pidgin
Etymology
From Early Assamese আমি (ami, “I, we”).
Pronoun
ami
- I (first person singular pronoun)
- Synonym: moi
Occitan
Noun
ami m (plural amis)
- (Mistralian) Alternative form of amic
Okinawan
Romanization
ami
- Rōmaji transcription of あみ
Old French
Alternative forms
- amic (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)
Etymology
From Latin amīcus.
Noun
ami oblique singular, m (oblique plural amis, nominative singular amis, nominative plural ami)
- friend
Related terms
Descendants
Papiamentu
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu ami.
Pronoun
ami
- I, me, my.
Pass Valley Yali
Noun
ami
- uncle (mother's brother)
References
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin amīcus.
Noun
ami m (plural amis)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) (male) friend, boyfriend
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
Rukai
Etymology
From Japanese 網 (ami).
Noun
ami
- net
Sicilian
Verb
ami
- second-person singular present active indicative of amari
- second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari
Spanish
Etymology
Clipping of amigo or amiga.
Noun
ami m or f by sense (plural amis)
- (colloquial) friend; bud
Further reading
Swahili
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ami (n class, plural ami)
- paternal uncle
Coordinate terms
Tacana
Noun
ami
- blood
Tangam
Pronunciation
Noun
ami
- person
References
- Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN
Tetum
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, compare Malay kami.
Pronoun
ami
- we
Further reading
- Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English army.
Noun
ami
- army
Warao
Noun
ami
- louse
Yámana
Noun
ami
- needle
Yeyi
Noun
ami
- water
References
- Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
àmì
- sign, mark, symbol
- Àmì ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ òjò rírọ̀ ni awọ àwọsánmà tó ń bẹ lójú ọ̀run ― The sign of incoming rain is the colour of the clouds in the sky
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From English amen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) when used by Yoruba Christians, it is invoked with the Anglo-Christian meaning in mind. Also from Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), from Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ (ʾāmēn) or Aramaic אַמִין (ʾāmēn), possibly via Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn) when used by Yoruba Muslims, it is invoked with the Arabic meaning in mind.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Interjection
àmí
- (Christianity) amen
- (Islam) amin, ameen
Related terms
- àṣẹ (“let it be so so, may it be so”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
amí
- spy
- Synonyms: aṣamí, alamí
Zia
Etymology
From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *amu.
Noun
ami
- breast