uam
See also: -uam
Irish
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /wiːmˠ/, (older) /wɯːmˠ/[1]
Pronoun
uam (emphatic uamsa)
- Ulster form of uaim
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish úaim. Cognates include Irish uaim and Manx voym.
Pronoun
uam
- first-person singular of o: from me
- Gheibh thu litir uam. ― You'll get a letter from me.
Inflection
| Personal inflection of o | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Simple | Emphatic | ||||||
| Singular | 1st | uam | uamsa | ||||||
| 2nd | uat | uatsa | |||||||
| 3rd m | uaithe | uaithesan | |||||||
| 3rd f | uaipe | uaipese | |||||||
| Plural | 1st | uainn | uainne | ||||||
| 2nd | uaibh | uaibhse | |||||||
| 3rd | uapa | uapasan | |||||||
Southeastern Tepehuan
Etymology
Cognate with Northern Tepehuan vuaáma, O'odham ʼuam.
Noun
uam (plural uꞌuam)
- yellow
References
- R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48) (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 176