nam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Catacao

Noun

nam

1. moon

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

nam

1. name, appellation, title

Declension

Declension of nam

nominative	nam
genitive	namnıñ
dative	namğa
accusative	namnı
locative	namda
ablative	namdan

References

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter)

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• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɑm
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

1. (deprecated template usage) singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

• Man, man

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Finnish

Interjection

nam

1. yum

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Gothic

Romanization

nam

1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

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Ido

Etymology

Template:borrowing.

Conjunction

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

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Indonesian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

1. (cardinal number) six

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Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

1. for

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Kashmiri

Noun

nam

1. fingernail, toenail

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Latin

Etymology

The accusative singular feminine form of the pronominal stem na-; compare the interjection nē (“truly”, “verily”, “really”, “indeed”). Confer with its masculine form Latin num, as in cum-quam, tum-tam.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nã]

Conjunction

nam

1. 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 dicentes

     For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life, saying:

2. thus
3. because
4. actually

Derived terms

• enim
• nempe
• utinam

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.

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Lojban

Rafsi

1. Rafsi of nabmi.

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) dative of my

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nam

Etymology

Shortened form of enam, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /nam/
• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -nam, -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of enam

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Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

1. us

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old English

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /nam/

Verb

nam

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) First-person preterite form of niman
2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Third-person preterite form of niman

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Polish

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [n̪ãm]

Pronoun

nam

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) dative of my

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Portuguese

Adverb

1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Obsolete spelling of não.

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Rohingya

Etymology

Template:borrowing.

Noun

nam

1. name

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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)

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Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

nam

1. if (subjunctive)

1. whether (subjunctive)

Usage notes

• Only used before words beginning with b, f, m or p, otherwise the form nan is used.
• Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
• The negative form is mura.

Preposition

nam

1. in my

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

2. in their

Usage notes

• As in my, it lenites the following word.
• As in their, it is used before words beginning with b, f, m or p.

Article

nam

1. the

Usage notes

• This form is used in the genitive plural before words beginning with b, f, m or p.

See also

• an
• na
• nad
• nan
• nar
• nur

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

Declension of nam

	singular	plural
nominative	jȃ	mȋ
genitive	mȅne, me	nȃs, nas
dative	mȅni, mi	nȁma, nam
accusative	mȅne, me	nȃs, nas
vocative	—	mȋ
locative	mȅni	nȁma
instrumental	mnȏm, mnóme	nȁma

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Turkish

Etymology

Template:borrowing.

Noun

nam (definite accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. name (reputation)

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”)

Noun

nam

1. south

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男 (“male”)

Noun

nam

1. man, male

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Volapük

Etymology

Template:borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

1. hand

Declension

declension of nam

	singular	plural
nominative	nam	nams
genitive	nama	namas
dative	name	names
accusative	nami	namis
vocative 1	o nam!	o nams!
predicative 2	namu	namus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• namakev