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Translingual

Symbol

tam

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tamil.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tæm/
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Etymology 1

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Short for tam o'shanter.

Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
    • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader:
      Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

Etymology 2

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From the Cantonese pronunciation of .

Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

See also

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

Adverb

tam

  1. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete
    Mən kitabı hələ tam oxumamışam.I have not finished reading the book.
  2. completely, really
    Mən bu məsələni tam başa düşmədim.I haven't really understood this issue.

Etymology 2

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm).

Noun

tam (definite accusative tamı, plural tamlar)

  1. taste
    Synonym: dad
Declension
    Declension of tam
singular plural
nominative tam
tamlar
definite accusative tamı
tamları
dative tama
tamlara
locative tamda
tamlarda
ablative tamdan
tamlardan
definite genitive tamın
tamların
    Possessive forms of tam
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) tamım tamlarım
sənin (your) tamın tamların
onun (his/her/its) tamı tamları
bizim (our) tamımız tamlarımız
sizin (your) tamınız tamlarınız
onların (their) tamı or tamları tamları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) tamımı tamlarımı
sənin (your) tamını tamlarını
onun (his/her/its) tamını tamlarını
bizim (our) tamımızı tamlarımızı
sizin (your) tamınızı tamlarınızı
onların (their) tamını or tamlarını tamlarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) tamıma tamlarıma
sənin (your) tamına tamlarına
onun (his/her/its) tamına tamlarına
bizim (our) tamımıza tamlarımıza
sizin (your) tamınıza tamlarınıza
onların (their) tamına or tamlarına tamlarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) tamımda tamlarımda
sənin (your) tamında tamlarında
onun (his/her/its) tamında tamlarında
bizim (our) tamımızda tamlarımızda
sizin (your) tamınızda tamlarınızda
onların (their) tamında or tamlarında tamlarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (my) tamımdan tamlarımdan
sənin (your) tamından tamlarından
onun (his/her/its) tamından tamlarından
bizim (our) tamımızdan tamlarımızdan
sizin (your) tamınızdan tamlarınızdan
onların (their) tamından or tamlarından tamlarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) tamımın tamlarımın
sənin (your) tamının tamlarının
onun (his/her/its) tamının tamlarının
bizim (our) tamımızın tamlarımızın
sizin (your) tamınızın tamlarınızın
onların (their) tamının or tamlarının tamlarının
Derived terms

Further reading

  • tam” in Obastan.com.

Chewong

Pronunciation

Noun

tam

  1. water

References

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

  1. teeming, full

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. there (in or at that place or location)
  2. there (to or into that place)
    Antonyms: zpět, zpátky

Derived terms

Further reading

  • tam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • tam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • tam in Internetová jazyková příručka

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam

  1. tame

Inflection

Inflection of tam
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular tam tammere tammest2
Indefinite neuter singular tamt tammere tammest2
Plural tamme tammere tammest2
Definite attributive1 tamme tammere tammeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

References

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

  1. tame, not wild
  2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Inflection

Inflection of tam
uninflected tam
inflected tamme
comparative tammer
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial tam tammer het tamst
het tamste
indefinite m./f. sing. tamme tammere tamste
n. sing. tam tammer tamste
plural tamme tammere tamste
definite tamme tammere tamste
partitive tams tammers

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tam
  • Negerhollands: teem

Anagrams

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tam.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

See also

  • kam (than, as, to (in comparison))

Kabyle

Kabyle cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  > 
    Cardinal : tam
    Arabic loanword : tmanya

Etymology

From Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tam (feminine tamet)

  1. eight
    Synonym: tmanya

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtam/
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

tam

  1. there
    Coordinate term: tu

Further reading

  • tam”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “tam”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi

Kwama

Noun

tam

  1. honey

References

  • Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary, SIL International

Lashi

Pronunciation

Verb

tam

  1. to make something level

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sei, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Compare with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
    Synonyms: adeō, , tantopere, tantum
    Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet.
    Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam.

  1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"
    • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V:
      Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.
      But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Often sets off a subjunctive clause of result.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: tan
    • Mozarabic: תן (tn)
    • Old Leonese:
      • Asturian: tan
      • Extremaduran: tan
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: tan
    • Spanish: tan

References

  • tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus

Latvian

Pronoun

tam

  1. to that; dative singular masculine of tas

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • The dative and adverbial forms have one pronunciation, while the locative form has another.
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Pronoun

tám

  1. dative singular masculine of tàs
    tám výruito that man

Adverb

tám

  1. for that purpose
  2. so that, in order to
    Válgo daržóves tám, kàd bū́tų sveĩkas.He eats vegetables in order to be healthy.

Pronoun

tam̃

  1. Alternative form of tamè: locative singular masculine of tàs
    tam̃ miestèin that city

Further reading

  • tam”, in lkz.lt [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • tam”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. there (in that place)

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tam”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tam”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. there (at that place)
    Coordinate term: tu

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

tam

  1. Alternative form of tame (tame)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tam

  1. (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (them)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm).

Noun

Central Kurdish تام (tam)

tam ?

  1. taste
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. precisely, exactly

Etymology 3

From Old Anatolian Turkish طام (d̥am).

Pronunciation

Noun

tam ?

  1. house, building, structure

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr.

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr.

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *tam.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tam

  1. tame

Declension

Descendants

Old Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. there (at that place)
  2. there, thither (to that place)

Descendants

References

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Polish tam.

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. there (at that place)
    Coordinate term: tu
  2. there, thither (to that place)
    Synonym: dotąd
    Coordinate term: tu

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tam (adverb) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 34 times in scientific texts, 35 times in news, 70 times in essays, 148 times in fiction, and 216 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 503 times, making it the 87th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Particle

tam

  1. contrastive particle
    Ja tam to lubię.Yeah well I like it.
  2. (colloquial) particle that reduces the importance of something some
    coś tamsomething or other
  3. (colloquial) particle that marks a statement as inadequately describing something

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tam (particle) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 0 times in essays, 27 times in fiction, and 78 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 105 times, making it the 593rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tam f

  1. genitive plural of tama

References

  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “tam (adverb)”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 595
  2. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990), “tam (particle)”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 2, Kraków; Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 595

Further reading

  • tam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • tam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • I TAM I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 10.05.2016
  • II TAM II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 14.01.2008
  • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “tam”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “tam”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “tam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 15

Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of tão

Salar

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tam- (to drip). Cognate with Southern Altai тамар (tamar, to drip), Turkish damlamak.

Verb

tam

  1. (intransitive) to drip

References

  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “tam”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam (Cyrillic spelling там)

  1. (Kajkavian, regional) there
    Synonym: tamo

Silesian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish tam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

tam

  1. there (at that place)
    Synonyms: (regional) hań, (Cieszyń) hanej, (Cieszyń) han
    Coordinate terms: sam, tukej, tu

Particle

tam

  1. (expressive) particle that highlights the similarities of something

Further reading

  • tam in dykcjonorz.eu
  • tam in silling.org

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tam

  1. there
    Antonym: tu
  2. thither
    Synonym: ta
    Antonym: sem

References

  • tam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tȁm

  1. there, in that place

Further reading

  • tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

  1. tame (not wild), domesticated

Declension

Inflection of tam
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tam tamare tamast
Neuter singular tamt tamare tamast
Plural tama tamare tamast
Masculine plural3 tame tamare tamast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tame tamare tamaste
All tama tamare tamaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

Anagrams

Tatar

Noun

tam

  1. wall

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish تام (tam, complete, exact; completely, exactly), from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tam

  1. complete, absolute
  2. full, entire

Derived terms

References

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Hyphenation: tam
  • Syllabification: tam

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. there

Further reading

  • tam” in Soblex

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from (three).

Numeral

tam

  1. (only in compounds) three
Derived terms
See also
  • (native) ba

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-saːm. Cognate with Arem katʰæːm, Thavung saːm¹, Kuy sɛːm, Khmu hɛːm.

The term was probably already archaic by the time it started to be written down and was only attested in the compound 󰞿三 (anh tam, elder brother and younger sibling).

Noun

tam ()

  1. (obsolete) younger sibling

Zazaki

Noun

tam

  1. taste

Derived terms