hamm

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East Central German

Etymology

Compare German haben.

Verb

hamm

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) to have

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

Interjection

hamm

  1. yum (refers to eating food, imitating the quick opening and closing of the mouth; can be childish, but also can enliven the presentation of the story; also used repetitively)
    • 1939, Zsigmond Móricz, A nagy fejedelem:
      Ez úgy ad egy-egy falat kenyeret a kutyának, hogy mint a tekét tartja s a tekeütőt a bottal elütvén, a kenyér elröpül, s a kutya meg nem mozdul, csak a száját kitátván, hamm, elkapja a kenyeret.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

  1. ^ hamm in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

  • hamm 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

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

hamm f

  1. ham, inner knee
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: hamme

Etymology 2

Either from Proto-Germanic *hammaz, possibly related to *haimaz (village, estate); or Proto-Germanic *hamjaz, deverbal of *hamjaną (pinch, hem in, enclose), whence Old English *hemman (Modern English hem).

Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low Low German Hamm).

Pronunciation

Noun

hamm m

  1. enclosure, piece of enclosed land (especially land enclosed by a river)
Declension
Descendants
  • Middle English: hamme
    • English: -ham (partially)

References

  1. ^ Sheard, K. M. (2011). Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time. United States: Llewellyn Publications, p. 27