am-am
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- alam-alam
Etymology 1
Undetermined.
Verb
am-am
- to appease; to mollify; to pacify
Etymology 2
From Hokkien 泔淊 (ám-ám).[1] Compare Tagalog aam, Sakizaya aam, Hokkien 飲 (ám), Cantonese 飲飲食食 (jam2 jam2 sik6 sik6).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: am‧am
Noun
am-am
- (childish) food
Verb
am-am
- (childish) to eat
References
- Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “ám-ám”, in Chinese-English dictionary of the vernacular or spoken language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 3