nam

nam

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Acehnese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Catacao

Noun

nam

  1. moon

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

Noun

nam

  1. name, appellation, title

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • IPA(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

  1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

  • Man, man

Eastern Cham

Alternative forms

  • nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
  • ꨘꩌ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nʌm/

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • Hyphenation(key): nam

Interjection

nam

  1. yum

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Gothic

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

  1. for, since, because, seeing that

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

  1. (colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

  1. for

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Postposition

nam

  1. near

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /nam/, [nä̃ˑ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /nam/, [näm]

Conjunction

nam

  1. for
  2. since
  3. thus
  4. because
  5. actually

Derived terms

  • nempe
  • utinam
  • namque

Related terms

  • cur
  • quia

References

  • “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Malay

Alternative forms

  • enam
  • ĕnam
  • anam
  • ănam
  • انم
  • نم

Etymology

Shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/
  • Rhymes: -nam, -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

  1. Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Middle High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈnam/

Noun

nam m

  1. Alternative form of name

Declension

Musi

Numeral

nam

  1. six

Naga Pidgin

Alternative forms

  • naam

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

nam

  1. name

Narua

Noun

nam

  1. house, home

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

  1. us

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

  • “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

  • “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nyishi

Noun

nam

  1. house, home

References

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎[4], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Old Norse

Verb

nam

  1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

Old Sundanese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Interjection

nam

  1. come on
  2. come along with me

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnam/
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: nam

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of não.

Rohingya

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Pronunciation

Noun

nam

  1. name

Sapé

Noun

nam

  1. water

References

  • Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Conjunction

nam

  1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”).

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

  1. in my
    Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).
Inflection

Etymology 3

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ am (“their”).

Preposition

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

  1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.
Inflection

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Article

nam

  1. inflection of an (“the”):
    1. genitive plural before f-
    2. genitive plural before b-, m-, p-
Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

  1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))
  2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

Sumerian

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Swedish

Verb

nam

  1. past indicative of nimma

Anagrams

  • man

Talysh

Etymology

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

Adjective

nam

  1. soft

Tày

Pronunciation

  • (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [naːm˧˥]
  • (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [naːm˦]

Etymology 1

Noun

nam (南)

  1. south

Etymology 2

Noun

nam

  1. male

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

Noun

nam (楠)

  1. thorn, spine
    nam chộc ― pierced by a thorn

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]‎[5][6] (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]‎[7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑm/

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

  1. reputation
  2. name

Declension

Related terms

  • nam-ı diğer (“also known as”)
  • namlı (“famous”)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
  • (Saigon) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

Alternative forms

  • (South Central Vietnam) nôm

Noun

nam

  1. south
Coordinate terms
  • (compass points) (Category: vi:Compass points)


Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

  1. (collective) boys and men
    Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

  1. (of people) male
    Synonym: trai
    Antonyms: nữ, gái

Prefix

nam

  1. male; -o
Usage notes
  • As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

Derived terms

See also

  • dương
  • đực
  • trống

Anagrams

  • man

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

  1. hand

Declension

Derived terms

  • namakev

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Noun

nam m (plural namau, not mutable)

  1. flaw, defect
    Synonyms: diffyg, ffaeledd, bai
  2. sin, moral failing
    Synonyms: cam, anaf, niwed

Further reading

  • Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[8], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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