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3-letter words (2 found)

AIM,AMI,

2-letter words (4 found)

AI,AM,MA,MI,

You can make 6 words from ami according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of ami

ami mai aim iam mia ima

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Definitions and meaning of ami

ami

Birgit

Noun

ami

  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]: […] Birgit ˀàmì [Jng. 1973 MS] […]

Catalan

Verb

ami

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧mi

Noun

ami

  1. a sapling

Chuukese

Pronoun

ami

  1. Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural)

See also

Eggon

Noun

ami

  1. water

References

  • R. Blench, Ake wordlist (lists the Eggon word in notes)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian amare, from Latin amō. Doublet of -ema.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈami]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Hyphenation: a‧mi

Verb

ami (present amas, past amis, future amos, conditional amus, volitive amu)

  1. (transitive) to love
    Antonym: malami
    Mi amas vin. ― I love you.
    Mi estos amita. ― I will have been loved.

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French amy, ami, from Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo. Doublet of igo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mi/
  • Homophones: amict, amicts, amie, amies, amis
  • Hyphenation: ami

Noun

ami m (plural amis, feminine amie)

  1. friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)

Derived terms

  • ami avec bénéfices
  • chambre d’ami
  • conseil d’ami
  • en ami
  • meilleur ami
  • petit ami
  • prix d’ami
  • tir ami
  • gomi

Related terms

  • amical
  • amitié

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: zanmi
  • →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria

See also

  • ami·e·s

Further reading

  • “ami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • mai

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis; feminine amie, plural amies)

  1. friend

Herero

Pronoun

ami

  1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

Hiligaynon

Noun

ami or amí

  1. second harvest

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmi]
  • Hyphenation: ami
  • Rhymes: -mi

Pronoun

ami

  1. (relative) which; that
    Coordinate terms: amely, amelyik

Usage notes

See the Usage notes at amely and amelyik.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ami in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • ami in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Anagrams

  • ima, mai

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈami/

Noun

ami

  1. plural of amo

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Hyphenation: à‧mi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ami

  1. inflection of amare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ami m

  1. plural of amo

Anagrams

  • ima, mai, mia

Japanese

Romanization

ami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あみ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アミ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Spanish mi.

Pronoun

ami

  1. I, me

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ammi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμι (ámi), itself probably from Egyptian.

Noun

ami n (indeclinable)

  1. bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)

References

  • ami in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Mawa

Noun

ami

  1. water

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Early Assamese আমি (ami, “I, we”).

Pronoun

ami

  1. I (first person singular pronoun)
    Synonym: moi

Occitan

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

  1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of amic

Okinawan

Romanization

ami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あみ

Old French

Alternative forms

  • amic (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami oblique singular, m (oblique plural amis, nominative singular amis, nominative plural ami)

  1. friend

Related terms

  • amie f

Descendants

  • Champenois: amin, anmin
  • Middle French: amy, ami
    • French: ami
      • Haitian Creole: zanmi
      • →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria
  • Norman: amin

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

  • mi (synonym)

Etymology

From Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu ami.

Pronoun

ami

  1. I, me, my.

Pass Valley Yali

Noun

ami

  1. uncle (mother's brother)

References

  • Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • amitg (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
  • amei (Surmiran)
  • amih (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) (male) friend, boyfriend

Synonyms

  • cumpogn
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) camarat
  • (Vallader) camarad

Coordinate terms

  • (gender): amia

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese 網 (ami).

Noun

ami

  1. net

Sicilian

Verb

ami

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of amari
  2. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of amigo or amiga.

Noun

ami m or f by sense (plural amis)

  1. (colloquial) friend; bud

Further reading

  • “ami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Alternative forms

  • amu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ami (n class, plural ami)

  1. paternal uncle

Coordinate terms

  • mjomba (“maternal uncle”)

Tacana

Noun

ami

  1. blood

Tangam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈami/

Noun

ami

  1. person

References

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

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, compare Malay kami.

Pronoun

ami

  1. we

Further reading

  • Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English army.

Noun

ami

  1. army

Warao

Noun

ami

  1. louse

Yámana

Noun

ami

  1. needle

Yeyi

Noun

ami

  1. water

References

  • Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

  • اَمِ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mĩ̀/

Noun

àmì

  1. sign, mark, symbol
    Àmì ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ òjò rírọ̀ ni awọ àwọsánmà tó ń bẹ lójú ọ̀run ― The sign of incoming rain is the colour of the clouds in the sky
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From English amen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) when used by Yoruba Christians, it is invoked with the Anglo-Christian meaning in mind. Also from Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), from Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ (ʾāmēn) or Aramaic אַמִין (ʾāmēn), possibly via Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn) when used by Yoruba Muslims, it is invoked with the Arabic meaning in mind.

Alternative forms

  • àmín

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /à.mĩ́/

Interjection

àmí

  1. (Christianity) amen
  2. (Islam) amin, ameen
Related terms
  • àṣẹ (“let it be so so, may it be so”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.mĩ́/

Noun

amí

  1. spy
    Synonyms: aṣamí, alamí

Zia

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *amu.

Noun

ami

  1. breast

Source: wiktionary.org