Definitions and meaning of ame
ame
Translingual
Symbol
ame
- (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yanesha'.
See also
-
- Wiktionary’s coverage of Yanesha' terms
Abau
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ame/
Particle
ame
- lest; expressing that something might be the case, or to prevent an undesirable outcome.
References
SIL International (2020) “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org[1]
Afade
Alternative forms
- (various orthographies:) ʔâm / ámeh / ameː / hămē / ame̱
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
Noun
ame
- 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.], […]
Afrikaans
Noun
ame
- plural of aam
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin amia (“sea fish”), derived from Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).
Pronunciation
Noun
ame f (plural ame, definite ame, definite plural amet)
- brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
- Synonym: lojbë
Declension
References
Chamicuro
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ame
- axe, hatchet
Cheyenne
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
ame (inanimate)
- pemmican
Esperanto
Etymology
From ami + -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈame/
- Rhymes: -ame
- Hyphenation: a‧me
Adverb
ame
- 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.
Ewe
Noun
ame (plural amewo)
- man (human)
Related terms
Galician
Verb
ame
- inflection of amar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Isoko
Noun
ame
- dated spelling of amị
Japanese
Romanization
ame
- Rōmaji transcription of あめ
Kalo Finnish Romani
Pronoun
ame
- we
References
- “ame” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
Laurentian
Etymology
From Proto-North Iroquoian *ˈaːwẽɁ, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *awẽɁ.
Noun
ame
- water
- Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages[2], University of Manitoba, page 461
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French aesme, esme.
Pronunciation
Noun
ame (plural ames)
- evaluation, guess, opinion; plan, intention
- aim, purpose
Descendants
References
- “āme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French ame, from Latin anima.
Noun
ame f (plural ames)
- soul; spirit
Descendants
Mpade
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.
Noun
ame pl
- water
References
- S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
Murui Huitoto
Etymology
Cognates include Minica Huitoto ame and Nüpode Huitoto ame.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈamɛ]
- Hyphenation: a‧me
Root
ame
- wood
Derived terms
References
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 271
Old French
Alternative forms
- anima (9th and 10th centuries)
- anme (11th century)
- alme (12th century)
Etymology
From Latin anima.
Noun
ame oblique singular, f (oblique plural ames, nominative singular ame, nominative plural ames)
- soul; spirit
Descendants
- Middle French: ame
- Walloon: åme
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ame, supplement)
- ame on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
- Hyphenation: a‧me
Verb
ame
- inflection of amar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Rayón Zoque
Noun
ame
- 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)[4] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3
Romani
Pronoun
ame
- alternative form of amen (“we”)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈame/ [ˈa.me]
-
- Rhymes: -ame
- Syllabification: a‧me
Verb
ame
- inflection of amar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Tangam
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tani *a-mə, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *məj. Cognates include Burmese မီး (mi:) and Tibetan མེ (me).
Pronunciation
Noun
ámè
- fire
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Adjective
àmé
- small
References
- Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN
Tarantino
Verb
ame
- first-person plural present indicative of avere
Umbundu
Pronoun
ame
- I (first-person singular pronoun)
See also
Uneme
Etymology
From Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, see Edo amẹ, Yekhee amɛ, and other Edoid languages
Noun
ame
- water
References
- The History of Ogori (1970), in notes
Urhobo
Etymology
Proposed to be derived from Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, compare with Edo amẹ and distantly related to Yoruba omi, Igbo mmiri.
Pronunciation
Noun
ame
- water
References
- N. Rolle, Nasal vowel patterns in West Africa, citing own field notes and Ukere 2005 [1986]
Ye'kwana
Pronunciation
Verb
ame
- (transitive) to lick
- (transitive) to suck
- (transitive) to eat (something sweet)
Derived terms
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “ame”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[5], Lyon
- Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “ameedö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana[6], Museu do Índio/FUNAI
Zirenkel
Noun
ame
- water
References
- Eric Johnson, Calvain Mbernodji, Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue Moubi du Tchad, SIL Electronic Survey Reports (2006), page 24
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