ham

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Derived terms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.2 References 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Related terms 1.4 Anagrams 2 Catalan 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Danish 3.1 Etymology 1 3.1.1 Pronunciation 3.1.2 Noun 3.1.2.1 Derived terms 3.1.2.2 Inflection 3.2 Etymology 2 3.2.1 Pronunciation 3.2.2 Pronoun 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Irish 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun form 6 Middle French 6.1 Noun 7 Norwegian 7.1 Pronoun 8 Old English 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Etymology 1 8.2.1 Noun 8.2.1.1 Descendants 8.3 Etymology 2 8.3.1 Noun 8.3.2 Pronunciation 8.4 Etymology 3 8.4.1 Noun 8.4.1.1 Descendants 9 Rohingya 9.1 Noun 10 Turkish 10.1 Adjective

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Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English ham (“‘hollow or bend of the knee’”), itself from Proto-Germanic *kham-, from a Proto-Indo-European *konemo- (“‘shin bone’”), originally "be crooked". Recorded in English since 1637. Cognate with Dutch ham, Middle High Dutch and dialectal German hamme, Old Norse höm. Compare gammon.

[edit] Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• enPR: hăm, IPA: /hæm/, SAMPA: /h{m/

  Rhymes: -æm

[edit] Noun

ham (plural hams)

1. (anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
2. (countable) The thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat.
3. (uncountable) The thigh of a hog cured for food.
4. The back of the thigh.
5. An actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.
6. A person whose hobby is ham radio.

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• ham-fisted
• hambone
• hammy, hamstring

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[edit] Etymology 2

Old English hām.

[edit] Noun

ham (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Archaic spelling of home.

[edit] References

• “ham” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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[edit] Verb

to ham (third-person singular simple present hams, present participle hamming, simple past and past participle hammed)

1. To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

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• ham it up

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ahm
• HMA
• mah

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

Latin hamus.

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ham

1. fishing hook

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse hamr.

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• IPA: /ham/, [hɑmˀ]

[edit] Noun

ham c. (singular definite hammen, plural indefinite hamme)

1. slough, skin

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• fjederham c.
• hamskifte n.
• snogeham c.
• svaneham c.

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[edit] Etymology 2

See han.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ham/, [hɑm]

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ham

1. (personal) accusative and dative singular of han

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

ham f. (plural hammen, diminutive hammetje, diminutive plural hammetjes)

1. ham

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [haːmˠ] or [hamˠ]

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ham

1. Mutated form of am.

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[edit] Noun

ham m. (plural hamz)

1. village

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[edit] Norwegian

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ham

1. him

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /hɑm/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *xamō-. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.

[edit] Noun

ham f.

1. (anatomy) ham, inner knee

   Monegum men gescrincaþ his fet to his homme: with many men the feet shrink up to the knee. (Leechbook)

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• English ham

[edit] Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *xamma-. Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low German hamm).

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ham m.

1. enclosure, especially an enclosed pasture or dwelling

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• IPA: /hɑ:m/

[edit] Etymology 3

From Proto-Germanic *xaima-, from Proto-Indo-European *kōim- (“‘village’”). Cognate with Old Frisian hām, Old Saxon hēm (Dutch heem), Old High German heim (German Heim), Old Norse heimr (Swedish hem), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃. The IE root is also the source of Greek κωμη, Old Irish cóim, Lithuanian šeimà, Russian семья.

[edit] Noun

hām m.

1. home, house; property, estate

   Hælend com to Lazares ham: the Saviour came to the home of Lazarus.

[edit] Descendants

• Standard English home
• Northumbrian and Scots hame

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[edit] Rohingya

[edit] Noun

ham

1. work

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Adjective

ham

1. raw