ам

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Central Mansi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Pronoun

ам (am) (Konda)

  1. I, me

Declension

This pronoun needs an inflection-table template.

See also

Eastern Mansi personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ам (am) мен (men), менг (meng) ман (man)
2nd person нанг (nang), нан (nan), най (naj), нян (nân) нэй (nèj) нан (nan)
3rd person тав (tav) тэн (tèn) тан (tan)

References

  • E. A. Kuzakova (2001) “ам”, in Мансийско-русский словарь (кондинский диалект мансийского языка), По рассказу П. К. Чейметова «Ворыяп хумый» («Два охотника») [Mansi-Russian dictionary (Kondinsky dialect of the Mansi language), Based on the story by P. K. Cheymetov “Ворыяп хумый” (“Two Hunters”)]‎, Kondinsky district: local history museum, →ISBN, page 38
  • Elena Skribnik, editor (2016), Ob-Ugric Database: analysed text corpora and dictionaries for less described Ob-Ugric dialects, University of Munich

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic ام
Cyrillic ам
Latin am

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *am (vulva).

Pronunciation

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Noun

ам (am)

  1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension

Kyrgyz

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *am (vulva).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /am/

Noun

ам (am) (Arabic spelling ام)

  1. (vulgar) cunt

Declension

Derived terms

Macedonian

Pronunciation

Interjection

ам (am)

  1. eating onomatopoeia, yum
  2. hm, huh

Mongolian

ам

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *aman, perhaps related with Proto-Tungusic *amŋa.

Compare Dongxiang aman, Evenki амӈа (amŋa, mouth).

Pronunciation

Noun

ам (am) (Mongolian spelling ᠠᠮᠠ (ama)); (hidden-n declension)

  1. mouth (the opening of an animal through which food is ingested)
    Минийн ам цангаж байна.
    Miniin am cangaž bajna.
    I am thirsty.

Derived terms

Northern Mansi

Pronoun

ам (am)(Sosva, Upper Lozva, Ob, Sygva)

  1. I, me

Declension

Declension of ам
nominative ам (am)
accusative а̄нум (ānum)
dative а̄нумн (ānumn)
ablative а̄нумныл (ānumnyl)
comitative-instrumental а̄нумтыл (ānumtyl)

Derived terms

See also

Northern Mansi personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person ам (am) ме̄н (mēn) ма̄н (mān)
2nd person наӈ (naň) нэ̄н (nè̄n) на̄н (nān)
3rd person тав (tav) тэ̄н (tè̄n) та̄н (tān)

References

  • Afanasʹjeva, K. V., Sobjanina, S. A. (2012) “ам”, in Školʹnyj mansijsko-russkij slovarʹ [Mansi-Russian school dictionary], Khanty-Mansiysk: RIO IRO
  • Mansi dictionary of Munkácsi and Kálmán
  • А.Н. Баландни: Самойцител мансийцкого языка, 1960, p. 90.-91.

Tuvan

Adverb

ам (am)

  1. now