am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Translingual

Symbol

am

(metrology) Symbol for attometer (attometre), an SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁸ meters (metres).
(international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Amharic.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (“am”), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (“am”, form of the verb *wesaną (“to be; dwell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (“I am, I exist”).

Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (“am”)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, “am”), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimí, “am”), Old Armenian եմ (em, “am”), Tosk Albanian jam (“am”).

Pronunciation

(stressed) IPA^(key): /æm/
- (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [ẽə̯̃m], [ɛ̃ə̯̃m]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [am], [æm]
- (New Zealand) IPA^(key): [æ̝m], [ɛm], [e̞m]
(unstressed) IPA^(key): /əm/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -æm

Verb

am

first-person singular present indicative of be
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, John 1:23:
  He ſaid, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderneſſe: Make ſtraight the way of the Loꝛd, as ſaid the Pꝛophet Eſaias.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  Marsha, I am in the kitchen!
  Audio (US) (file)

Contraction

am

(informal or dialectal) Contraction of Iam.

Adverb

am (not comparable)

Alternative spelling of a.m.
- 2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh, et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology‎, DOI:10.1007/978-981-10-0376-9, →ISBN, LCCN 2016944922, OCLC 1062345726, page 183:
  On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred.

Anagrams

-ma-, M&A, M.A., MA, Ma, ma

Aromanian

Alternative forms

amu

Etymology

The verb as a whole derives from forms of the Latin habeō, habēre. The first-person present singular form am(u), along with some other inflected forms, may have been analogical constructions (in this case, from an old form (aemu) of first-person plural (now avem)), or influenced by nearby languages. Compare Romanian avea, am; cf. also Albanian kam (“I have”). The third-person singular present indicative, ari, may have derived from Latin haberet.

Verb

am (third-person singular present indicative ari/are, imperfect aveam, simple perfect avui, past participle avutã)

I have.
I own.
(auxiliary, with past participles) I have...

Related terms

aveari / aveare
avut
avutsãscu

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic		ам
Perso-Arabic		آم‎

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *(i)am (“vulva”). Related to amcıq with the same sense and derived from the same root.

Pronunciation

Audio (file)

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

(vulgar) cunt
Synonyms: amcıq, dıllaq, dındıq

Declension

Declension of am
	singular	plural
nominative	am	amlar
definite accusative	amı	amları
dative	ama	amlara
locative	amda	amlarda
ablative	amdan	amlardan
definite genitive	amın	amların

Possessive forms of am
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amım	amlarım
sənin (“your”)	amın	amların
onun (“his/her/its”)	amı	amları
bizim (“our”)	amımız	amlarımız
sizin (“your”)	amınız	amlarınız
onların (“their”)	amı or amları	amları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımı	amlarımı
sənin (“your”)	amını	amlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	amını	amlarını
bizim (“our”)	amımızı	amlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	amınızı	amlarınızı
onların (“their”)	amını or amlarını	amlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amıma	amlarıma
sənin (“your”)	amına	amlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	amına	amlarına
bizim (“our”)	amımıza	amlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	amınıza	amlarınıza
onların (“their”)	amına or amlarına	amlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımda	amlarımda
sənin (“your”)	amında	amlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	amında	amlarında
bizim (“our”)	amımızda	amlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	amınızda	amlarınızda
onların (“their”)	amında or amlarında	amlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımdan	amlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	amından	amlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	amından	amlarından
bizim (“our”)	amımızdan	amlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	amınızdan	amlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	amından or amlarından	amlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	amımın	amlarımın
sənin (“your”)	amının	amlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	amının	amlarının
bizim (“our”)	amımızın	amlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	amınızın	amlarınızın
onların (“their”)	amının or amlarının	amlarının

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Hokkien 飲 (ám).

Noun

am

rice water

Chuukese

Pronoun

am

First-person plural exclusive pronoun; us (exclusive)

Fula

Alternative forms

an

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

am (singular)

(possessive) my
suudu am
my house

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular). However, an is more common in Pular.

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

am

mat

Derived terms

amipang
ampatchi

References

Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 35
Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/
audio (file)
Rhymes: -am

Contraction

am (+ adjective ending with -en + masculine or neuter noun)

an + dem, at the, on the
am Ende ― at the end
am Rande ― on the margin(s)
am Leben ― alive
auf + dem, on the, at the
am Berg ― on the mountain
am Fest ― at the festival
am Schirm ― on the screen
Forms the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
am schnellsten ― fastest
am schwächsten ― weakest
am wichtigsten ― most important
Er spielt am besten.
He plays best.

Hungarian

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈɒmuːɟ]
Audio (file)

Adverb

am

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of amúgy (“otherwise, anyway; by the way”).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay am, from Classical Malay عام‎ (am), from Arabic عَامّ‎ (ʿāmm), عَمَّ‎ (ʿamma).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈam/
Rhymes: -am, -m
Hyphenation: am

Adjective

am

common, general.
Synonyms: umum, awam
common (not expert).

Derived terms

diamkan
mengamkan

References

Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish amm, from Proto-Celtic *ammen-, *amo-, probably ultimately from the root of aimser (“point in time”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /aumˠ/
(Galway) IPA^(key): /ɑːmˠ/, /amˠ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /amˠ/

Noun

am m (genitive singular ama, nominative plural amanna or amanta)

time

Declension

Declension of am

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am	amanna
Vocative	a am	a amanna
Genitive	ama	amanna
Dative	am	amanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-am	na hamanna
Genitive	an ama	na n-amanna
Dative	leis an am don am	leis na hamanna

Alternative declension

Declension of am

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	am	amanta
Vocative	a am	a amanta
Genitive	ama	amanta
Dative	am	amanta

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an t-am	na hamanta
Genitive	an ama	na n-amanta
Dative	leis an am don am	leis na hamanta

Derived terms

ag an am céanna
am ar bith
amchrios
am de lá
am éigin eile
am eile
am lóin
am luath
am luí
am mall
am na gréine
am na réaltaí
am nua
amscála
ar feadh an ama
bileog ama
buama ama
cad é an t-am atá sé
cén t-am é?
clár ama
clásal ama
faoin am seo
freangadh ama
gearr-am
in am agus in an-am
in am go leor
in aon am
i rith an ama
leabhar ama
le ham
ó am go ham
pointe ama
san am céanna
sceideal ama
sprioc-am
tríd am

Alternative forms

dom, dom'

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əmˠ/

Contraction

am (triggers lenition)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of do mo (“to/for my”).

Alternative forms

im, 'mo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əmˠ/

Contraction

am (triggers lenition)

(colloquial, dialectal) Contraction of i mo (“in my”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
am	n-am	ham	t-am
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Kofyar

Etymology

Related to Gerka ram (“water”).

Noun

am

water

References

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Kfy. am [Ntg. 1967, 1], […]

Lagwan

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

am

water

References

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Lgn. a̲m [Mch.] = àm (pl.) [Lks.] = ˀàm [Bouny] = ˀàm [Bouny 1975 MS, 5, #58], Bdm. amaii "water", amai "rain" [Talbot 1911, 252] […]

Luxembourgish

Contraction

am

contraction of an + dem; in the

Malalí

Noun

am

earth

References

Robert Gordon Latham, Elements of Comparative Philology
Martius, Beiträge zur Ethnographie und Sprachenkunde Brasiliens

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English eam, eom, from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, first-person singular of *wesaną.

Alternative forms

em

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/, /ɛm/

Verb

am

first-person singular present indicative of been
- c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎, published c. 1410, Joon 1:23, page 43v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:
  he ſeide / I am a vois of a crier in deſert .· dꝛeſſe ȝe þe weie of þe loꝛd. as yſaie þe pꝛophete ſeide
  He said: "I am the voice of a crier in the wilderness; straighten the way of the Lord, as the prophet Isaiah said."

Usage notes

More common than be as a first-person singular form.

Descendants

English: am
Scots: am
Yola: aam, am

Pronoun

am

Alternative form of hem (“them”)

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /abiy/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/

Preposition

am (triggers lenition)

about
for, on account of
concerning, as regards

Inflection

first-person singular: amdanaf
second-person singular: amdanat
third-person singular masculine: amdanaw, ymdanaw, ymdanw
third-person singular feminine: amdanei

Derived terms

am pen (“upon”)
gwiscaw am (“to put on (clothes etc.)”)
y am (“off; apart from”)

Mwaghavul

Etymology

Related to Gerka ram (“water”).

Noun

àm

water

References

Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A Grammar of Mupun (1993)
Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122
Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Sura àm "Wasser, Flüssigkeit" [Jng. 1963, 58], Mpn. àm [Frj. 1991, 3], […]

Ngas

Etymology

Related to Gerka ram (“water”).

Noun

am

water
rain

References

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Angas am "1. water, 2. rain" [Ormsby 1914, 314-315] = am "water (to drink of wash with)" [Flk. 1915, 143] = […]

Nigerian Pidgin

Pronoun

am

him/her/it
- 1960, Chinua Achebe, No Longer at Ease, page 85:
  Where you pick am?

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

am

imperative of amme

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

am

imperative of amme

Old English

Verb

am

(Northumbrian) first-person singular present indicative of wesan

References

17, Skeat, Walter Wiliams 'The Gospel according to Saint Luke: in Anglo-Saxon and Northumbrian versions synoptically'

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *emmi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esmi, from *h₁es- (“to be”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/

Verb

am

first-person singular present indicative of is

Pero

Noun

ám

water

References

Zygmunt Frajzyngier, A grammar of Pero (1989)

Pumpokol

Noun

am

mother

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/
Rhymes: -am

Etymology 1

Inflected form of avea. Probably an analogical construction based on the old first-person plural or perhaps influenced by similar forms in other languages[1]. Compare Aromanian am(u); cf. also Albanian kam (“I have”).

Verb

am

first-person singular present indicative of avea
(I) have
first-person singular present subjunctive of avea

Etymology 2

From old Romanian amu, presumably from an earlier (proto-) Romanian form aemu (attested in Aromanian), from Latin habēmus. The original first-person singular in proto-Romanian was aibu, from Latin habeō, but was changed to am(u) by analogy with the first-person plural. The form with -v- (avem) in the present form of the verb's main conjugation (as opposed to its use in this form as an auxiliary verb) may have been remade by analogy with avut[2]; am may also be seen as a reduced, clitic form of avem[3]. See also ați, which has a parallel development.

Verb

am

(eu) am (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
(I) have...
Euam câștigat meciul.
I have won the match.
(noi) am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
(we) have...
Noiam fost la biserică duminică.
We have been to church on Sunday.

Related terms

ai
a
ați
au

Etymology 3

Presumably from a Vulgar Latin *eamus, from Latin habēbāmus.

Verb

am

(noi) am (modal auxiliary, first-person plural form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)
(we) would

Related terms

aș
ai
ar
ați

References

http://dexonline.ro:8080/articol/Despre_leg%C4%83turile_rom%C3%A2nei_cu_albaneza
http://www.lingv.ro/RRL%201-2%202009%20Nevaci,%20Todi.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?id=MFWOYUHULgsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

am

inflection of an (“the”):
1. nominative singular masculine preceding f-
2. nominative singular masculine preceding b-, m-, p-

Declension

Variation of am (definite article)
	Masculine			Feminine			Plural
	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.
+ f-	am	an^L		an^L		na	na		nam
+ m-, p- or b-	am	a'^L		a'^L		na	na		nam
+ c- or g-	an	a'^L		a'^L		na	na		nan
+ sV-, sl-, sn- or sr-	an	an^T		an^T		na	na		nan
+ other consonant	an	an		an		na	na		nan
+ vowel	an^T	an		an		na^H	na^H		nan
^L Triggers lenition; ^H Triggers H-prothesis; ^T Triggers T-prothesis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Determiner

am

Form of an (“their”) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Preposition

am (+ dative)

Form of an (“in”) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Synonyms

ann am

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Particle

am

Form of an (interrogative particle) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Verb

am

Form of an (present interrogative copula) used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

References

Colin Mark (2003) The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, pages 32-33

Spanish

Adverb

am

a.m. (before noon)
Antonym: pm

Sumerian

Romanization

am

Romanization of 𒄠 (am)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 飲 (ám, “rice soup”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔam/, [ˈʔam]

Noun

am

Alternative form of aam

Tangale

Noun

am

water

References

Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
[…] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
(1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: […] Tng. am [Jng.], […]
Václav Blažek, A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages, in In Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology, page 122

Tày

Pronunciation

(Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˥]

(Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˦]

Adjective

am

overly soft and sticky from having too much water; pasty; viscid; clammy; soggy
mỏ khảu bặng chảo am ― the rice in the pot is overly soft like soup

References

Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آم‎, from Proto-Turkic *am (“vulva”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑm/
Hyphenation: am
Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

(vulgar) cunt (genitalia)

Declension

Inflection

Nominative

am

Definite accusative

amı

Singular

Plural

Nominative

am

amlar

Definite accusative

amı

amları

Dative

ama

amlara

Locative

amda

amlarda

Ablative

amdan

amlardan

Genitive

amın

amların

Possessive forms
Nominative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amım	amlarım
2nd singular	amın	amların
3rd singular	amı	amları
1st plural	amımız	amlarımız
2nd plural	amınız	amlarınız
3rd plural	amları	amları
Definite accusative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amımı	amlarımı
2nd singular	amını	amlarını
3rd singular	amını	amlarını
1st plural	amımızı	amlarımızı
2nd plural	amınızı	amlarınızı
3rd plural	amlarını	amlarını
Dative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amıma	amlarıma
2nd singular	amına	amlarına
3rd singular	amına	amlarına
1st plural	amımıza	amlarımıza
2nd plural	amınıza	amlarınıza
3rd plural	amlarına	amlarına
Locative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amımda	amlarımda
2nd singular	amında	amlarında
3rd singular	amında	amlarında
1st plural	amımızda	amlarımızda
2nd plural	amınızda	amlarınızda
3rd plural	amlarında	amlarında
Ablative
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amımdan	amlarımdan
2nd singular	amından	amlarından
3rd singular	amından	amlarından
1st plural	amımızdan	amlarımızdan
2nd plural	amınızdan	amlarınızdan
3rd plural	amlarından	amlarından
Genitive
	Singular	Plural
1st singular	amımın	amlarımın
2nd singular	amının	amlarının
3rd singular	amının	amlarının
1st plural	amımızın	amlarımızın
2nd plural	amınızın	amlarınızın
3rd plural	amlarının	amlarının

Tzeltal

Noun

am

spider

Uspanteco

Noun

am

spider

References

Leamos uspanteco: Kawitojtak kibꞌ chi rilic jwich wuj laj tzijbꞌal ajtilmit: En uspanteco y español‎ (in Spanish and Uspanteco), ILV, 1998, page 1

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 庵.

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːm˧˧]

Noun

(classifier cái) am

small Buddhist temple, small pagoda, hermitage, secluded hut, cottage

Anagrams

ma

War-Jaintia

Noun

am

water

References

Jeremy Brightbill, Amy Kim, Seung Kim, The War-Jaintia in Bangladesh: a sociolinguistic survey, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 2007-013: 153, page 58

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh am, from Proto-Celtic *ambi (compare Old Irish imb), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰi. Cognate with Latin ambi-, Sanskrit अभि (abhí, “towards, over, upon”), Old Persian 𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎹 (a-b-i-y /abiy/, “towards, against, upon”), Old High German umbi, Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “about, around”) and the first part of Old Armenian ամբ-ողջ (amb-ołǰ, “whole”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /am/

Preposition

am (triggers soft mutation)

for, in exchange for
(time) at
(with siarad, sôn, or meddwl) about, concerning
(in exclamations) what a (+noun), how (+adjective)
Am lanastr! ― What a mess!
Am annheg! ― How unfair!

Inflection

Personal forms

	Singular	Plural
First person	amdana i	amdanon ni
Second person	amdanat ti	amdanoch chi
Third person	amdano fe/fo m amdani hi f	amdanyn nhw

Derived terms

am byth (“forever”)
bod am (“to want”)

Conjunction

am

because (followed by fod or a “that”-clause)
Fydd e ddim yma heddiw am ei fod e’n sâl.
He won’t be here today as he’s sick.

Synonyms

achos
oherwydd

West Makian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈam/

Verb

am

(transitive) to eat

Usage notes

The verb am ("to eat") takes the same verbal prefixes that directional verbs do.

Conjugation

Conjugation of am (directional verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tiam	miam	aam
2nd person		niam	fiam
3rd person	inanimate	iam	diam
3rd person	animate	iam	diam
imperative		niam, am	fiam, am

Alternative forms

a

References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Yola

Verb

am

Alternative form of aam
- 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1:
  Kish am.
  I am a big old sow.

References

Jacob Poole (1867), 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, page 106

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *Am.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈam]

Noun

am (plural amoʼob)

spider

References

Beltrán de Santa Rosa María, Pedro (1746) Arte de el idioma maya reducido a succintas reglas, y semilexicon yucateco (in Spanish), Mexico: Por la Biuda de D. Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, page 176: “Araña otra. Am. .... Eſta mata. [Another spider. Am. .... This one kills.]”
Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., →ISBN, page 50

[1] Erwina Burhanuddin; Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan; R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian]‎, Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, OCLC 29420936

[2] ttp://dexonline.ro:8080/articol/Despre_leg%C4%83turile_rom%C3%A2nei_cu_albaneza

[3] ttp://www.lingv.ro/RRL%201-2%202009%20Nevaci,%20Todi.pdf

[4] ttps://books.google.com/books?id=MFWOYUHULgsC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

am

Translingual

Symbol

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Verb

See also

Contraction

Adverb

Anagrams

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Verb

Related terms

Azerbaijani

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Baba Malay

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Chuukese

Pronoun

See also

Fula

Alternative forms

Etymology

Determiner

Usage notes

Garo

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms

References

German

Pronunciation

Contraction

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

See also

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Derived terms

References

Further reading

Irish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Contraction

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Contraction

Mutation

Further reading

Kofyar

Etymology

Noun

References

Lagwan

Etymology

Noun

References

Luxembourgish

Contraction

Malalí

Noun