naame

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North Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian nema.

Verb

naame

  1. (Mooring) to take

Conjugation

Yola

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English name, from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Pronunciation

Noun

naame

  1. name
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:
      Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,
      If we had any luck, our name would have been sung

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58