ame

ame

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ame"

Afade

Alternative forms

• (various orthographies:) ʔâm / ámeh / ameː / hămē / ame̱

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

ame

1. 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]: […] Afd. ámeh [ame(ː)] [Stz.] = hămē [Barth] = ame̱ [Lbf.], […]

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin amia (“sea fish”), derived from Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɛ/

Noun

ame f (indefinite plural ame, definite singular ame, definite plural amet)

1. Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

Synonyms

• lojbë

References

1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “ame”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 96

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Chamicuro

Noun

ame

1. axe, hatchet

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Cheyenne

Noun

ame (inanimate)

1. pemmican

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Esperanto

Etymology

ami +‎ -e

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adverb

ame

1. with love, in love, lovingly
   • Edmond Privat, Vivo de Zamenhof, Ĉapitro 11,

     Ame ĉirkaŭata, li sidadis en la mezo de la kongresanoj kun edzino.

     Surrounded with love, he would sit with his wife in the midst of those attending the congress.

   • Stellan Engholm, Infanoj en Torento, Dua Parto, Ĉapitro III,

     li subite metis sian brakon ĉirkaŭ ŝian kolon kaj ame rigardis en ŝiajn okulojn.

     he suddenly put his arm around her neck and looked lovingly into her eyes.

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Ewe

Noun

ame (plural amewo)

1. man (human)

Related terms

• amegbetɔ

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Galician

Verb

ame

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of amar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of amar

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Japanese

Romanization

ame

1. Rōmaji transcription of あめ

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Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

Inherited from Romani amen.

Pronoun

ame

1. we

References

• “ame” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

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Laurentian

Noun

ame

1. water

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Maquiritari

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ame]

Verb

ame

1. (transitive) to lick
2. (transitive) to eat (something sweet)

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ame”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayme, awme

Etymology

From Old French aesme, esme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːm(ə)/

Noun

ame (plural ames)

1. evaluation, guess, opinion; plan, intention
2. aim, purpose

Descendants

• English: aim
• Yola: aim

References

• “āme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin anima

Noun

ame f (plural ames)

1. soul; spirit

Descendants

• French: âme

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Mpade

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• anima (9th and 10th centuries)
• anme (11th century)

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

ame f (oblique plural ames, nominative singular ame, nominative plural ames)

1. soul; spirit

Descendants

• French: âme
• Walloon: åme

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ame, supplement)
• ame on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.me/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.m(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
• Hyphenation: a‧me

Verb

ame

1. inflection of amar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Rayón Zoque

Noun

ame

1. year

References

• Harrison, Roy; B. de Harrison, Margaret; López Juárez, Francisco; Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

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Romani

Pronoun

ame

1. Alternative form of amen (“we”)

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Spanish

Verb

ame

1. inflection of amar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

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Tangam

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tani *a-mə, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. Cognates include Burmese မီး (mi:) and Tibetan མེ (me).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˧˥me˥˩/

Noun

ámè

1. fire

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˥˩me˧˥/

Adjective

àmé

1. small

References

• Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

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Tarantino

Verb

ame

1. first-person plural present indicative of avere

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Umbundu

Pronoun

ame

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first-person	ame	etu
second-person	ove	ene
third-person	eye	ovo

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Uneme

Etymology

From Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, see Edo amẹ, Yekhee amɛ, and other Edoid languages

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• The History of Ogori (1970), in notes

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Urhobo

Etymology

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, compare with Edo amẹ and distantly related to Yoruba omi, Igbo mmiri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.mẽ̀/

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• N. Rolle, Nasal vowel patterns in West Africa, citing own field notes and Ukere 2005 [1986]

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Zirenkel

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• Eric Johnson, Calvain Mbernodji, Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue Moubi du Tchad, SIL Electronic Survey Reports (2006), page 24