nam

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Acehnese

Numeral

nam

Catacao

Noun

nam

moon

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nam

name, appellation, title

Declension

References

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑm
IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

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

Finnish

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
Rhymes: -ɑm
Syllabification^(key): nam

Interjection

nam

Gothic

Romanization

nam

Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

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

(colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

Lashi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nam/

Postposition

nam

near

References

Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[2], 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) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nä̃ˑ]
(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nam/, [näm]

Conjunction

nam

for
- 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:15
  Nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius.
  For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life.
since
thus
because
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

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)

Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

name

Noun

nam m

name
(grammar) noun
- 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
  Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
  
  zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
  
  vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
  
  gemunzet und geformet stân.

Musi

Numeral

nam

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

name

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

yum, or yum yum

References

“nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

yum, or yum yum

References

“nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Nyishi

Noun

nam

house, home

References

P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

first/third-person preterite of niman

Old Norse

Verb

nam

first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

Polish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

nam

dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

Obsolete spelling of não

Rohingya

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Pronunciation

Noun

nam

name

Sapé

Noun

nam

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

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)

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)

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

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

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

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

Declension

Sumerian

Romanization

nam

Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Swedish

Verb

nam

past tense of nimma.

Anagrams

Tày

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Noun

nam (南)

south

Etymology 2

Noun

nam

male

Etymology 3

Noun

nam (楠)

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]‎^[4][5] (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]‎^[6] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نام‎ (nam), from Persian ‎ (nâm).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

reputation

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

south

Coordinate terms

(compass points) ^{(Category: vi:Compass points)}

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Noun

nam

(collective) boys and men
Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

(of people) male
Synonym: trai

Antonym: nữ, gái

Prefix

nam

male; -o

Usage notes

As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

Derived terms

Anagrams

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

hand

Declension

Derived terms

namakev

Waigali

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani *nā́ma (whence Ashkun nām, Kamkata-viri nom, Prasuni nom), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma (whence Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Avestan 𐬥𐬁𐬨𐬀𐬥‎ (nāman), Persian ‎ (nâm)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Latin nōmen, Russian и́мя (ímja), English name).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nám/

Noun

nam

name