hamu
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Ugric *kaďma. Cognates include Mansi хӯльм (hūlʹm).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒmu]
- Hyphenation: ha‧mu
- Rhymes: -mu
Noun
hamu (plural hamuk or hamvak)
- ash (after fire)
- ca. 1192–1195, Halotti beszéd és könyörgés:
- Látjátuk feleim szümtükhel, mik vogymuk: isȧ, por ës homou vogymuk.
- Ye can see, mine own brethren, with your eyes what we are: truly, we are but dust and ash.
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Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | hamu | hamuk |
| accusative | hamut | hamukat |
| dative | hamunak | hamuknak |
| instrumental | hamuval | hamukkal |
| causal-final | hamuért | hamukért |
| translative | hamuvá | hamukká |
| terminative | hamuig | hamukig |
| essive-formal | hamuként | hamukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | hamuban | hamukban |
| superessive | hamun | hamukon |
| adessive | hamunál | hamuknál |
| illative | hamuba | hamukba |
| sublative | hamura | hamukra |
| allative | hamuhoz | hamukhoz |
| elative | hamuból | hamukból |
| delative | hamuról | hamukról |
| ablative | hamutól | hamuktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | hamué | hamuké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | hamuéi | hamukéi |
| Possessive forms of hamu | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | hamum | hamuim |
| 2nd person sing. | hamud | hamuid |
| 3rd person sing. | hamuja | hamui |
| 1st person plural | hamunk | hamuink |
| 2nd person plural | hamutok | hamuitok |
| 3rd person plural | hamujuk | hamuik |
Derived terms
Compound words
- Hamupipőke
- hamutartó
- hamuzsír
Related terms
- hamv (usually in the plural: hamvak)
Further reading
- hamu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Japanese
Romanization
hamu
- Rōmaji transcription of はむ
- Rōmaji transcription of ハム
Manchu
Romanization
hamu
- Romanization of ᡥᠠᠮᡠ
Maori
Verb
hamu
- glean
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun
hamu (n class, plural hamu)
- desire (longing, yearning)
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣamu/
Pronoun
hamu
- you (plural)
Further reading
- Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)