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Birgit

Noun

ami

  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" : Birgit ˀàmì

Catalan

Verb

ami

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧mi

Noun

ami

  1. a sapling

Chuukese

Pronoun

ami

  1. Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural)

See also

Eggon

Noun

ami

  1. water

References

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian amare, from Latin amō. Doublet of -ema.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Audio:
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  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi

Verb

ami (present amas, past amis, future amos, conditional amus, volitive amu)

  1. (transitive) to love
    Antonym: malami
    Mi amas vin.I love you.
    Mi estos amita.I will have been loved.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ 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)

  1. 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

  • Haitian Creole: zanmi
  • Polish: amikoszoneria

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis; feminine amie, plural amies)

  1. friend

Herero

Pronoun

ami

  1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

Hiligaynon

Noun

ami or amí

  1. second harvest

Hungarian

ed  Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question this that same every-/all no- relative some any else
e/i- a/o- ugyan mind(en)- se(m/n)- a- + qu. vala  akár
bár
más
who ki ő u mindenki senki aki v a b m
what mi ez az u u minden semmi ami /
amely
v a b m
which melyik mindegyik
mind
semelyik
egyik sem
amelyik v a b m
how hogy(an)
miként
így úgy u u mindenhogy
mindenhogyan
sehogy(an)
semmiképpen
(a)mint
ahogy(an)
v
v
a b
a b
m/m
m/m
whatlike
what kind
milyen
miféle
ilyen
efféle
olyan
afféle
u u mindenféle semmilyen
semmiféle
amilyen v
v
a b
a b
m
m/m
where hol itt ott u u mindenhol
mindenütt
sehol ahol v a b m
m
from wh. honnan innen onnan u u mindenhonnan sehonnan ahonnan v a b m
to where hova
hová
ide oda u u mindenhova
mindenhová
sehova
sehová
ahova
ahová
v
v
a b
a b
m
m
from
which way
merről erről arról u u mindenfelől semerről amerről v a b m
which way merre
merrefelé
erre
errefelé
arra
arrafelé
u u mindenfelé semerre amerre v a b m
why miért ezért azért u u mindenért semmiért amiért v a b m
how many hány ennyi annyi u u mind
az összes
sehány ahány v a b
how much mennyi semennyi amennyi v a b
wh. extent mennyire ennyire annyira u u (teljesen) semennyire amennyire v a b
what size mekkora ekkora akkora u u (az egész) semekkora amekkora v a b
what time mikor ekkor akkor u u mindig soha/sose(m)
sohase(m)
amikor v a b m
how long
how far
meddig eddig addig u u (végig)* semeddig ameddig v a b
*: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (whoever);
is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (no matter what).
né- (some) forms compounds with few words.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ami

  1. (relative) which; that
    Coordinate terms: amely, amelyik

Usage notes

See the Usage notes at amely and amelyik.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative ami amik
accusative amit amiket
dative aminek amiknek
instrumental amivel amikkel
causal-final amiért amikért
translative amivé amikké
terminative amiig amikig
essive-formal amiként amikként
essive-modal
inessive amiben amikben
superessive amin amiken
adessive aminél amiknél
illative amibe amikbe
sublative amire amikre
allative amihez amikhez
elative amiből amikből
delative amiről amikről
ablative amitől amiktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
amié amiké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
amiéi amikéi
Possessive forms of ami
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. amim amijeim
2nd person sing. amid amijeid
3rd person sing. amije amijei
1st person plural amink amijeink
2nd person plural amitek amijeitek
3rd person plural amijük amijeik

Derived terms

Expressions

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

  1. plural of amo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Hyphenation: à‧mi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ami

  1. inflection of amare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ami m

  1. plural of amo

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

ami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あみ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アミ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Spanish mi.

Pronoun

ami

  1. I, me

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμι (ámi), itself probably from Egyptian.

Noun

ami n (indeclinable)

  1. bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)

References

  • ami in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Mawa

Noun

ami

  1. water

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Early Assamese আমি (ami, “I, we”).

Pronoun

ami

  1. I (first person singular pronoun)
    Synonym: moi

Occitan

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of amic

Okinawan

Romanization

ami

  1. 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 singularm (oblique plural amis, nominative singular amis, nominative plural ami)

  1. friend

Related terms

Descendants

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • mi (synonym)

Etymology

From Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu ami.

Pronoun

ami

  1. I, me, my.

Pass Valley Yali

Noun

ami

  1. uncle (mother's brother)

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) (male) friend, boyfriend

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese (ami).

Noun

ami

  1. net

Sicilian

Verb

ami

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of amari
  2. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of amigo or amiga.

Noun

ami m or f by sense (plural amis)

  1. (colloquial) friend; bud

Further reading

Swahili

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, paternal uncle).

Pronunciation

Noun

ami (n class, plural ami)

  1. paternal uncle

Coordinate terms

Tacana

Noun

ami

  1. blood

Tangam

Pronunciation

Noun

ami

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. army

Warao

Noun

ami

  1. louse

Yámana

Noun

ami

  1. needle

Yeyi

Noun

ami

  1. water

References

  • Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

àmì

  1. sign, mark, symbol
    Àmì ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ òjò rírọ̀ ni awọ àwọsánmà tó ń bẹ lójú ọ̀runThe 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

  1. (Christianity) amen
  2. (Islam) amin, ameen
Related terms
  • àṣẹ (let it be so so, may it be so)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

amí

  1. spy
    Synonyms: aṣamí, alamí

Zia

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *amu.

Noun

ami

  1. breast