ame

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ame"

Translingual

Symbol

ame

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yanesha'.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yanesha' terms

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ame/

Particle

ame

1. 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

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]: […] Afd. ámeh [ame(ː)] [Stz.] = hămē [Barth] = ame̱ [Lbf.], […]

Afrikaans

Noun

ame

1. plural of aam

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin amia (“sea fish”), derived from Ancient Greek ἀμία (amía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɛ/

Noun

ame f (plural ame, definite ame, definite plural amet)

1. brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

   Synonym: lojbë

Declension

Declension of ame

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ame	amje	ame	amet
accusative		amen
dative	ameje	ames	ameve	ameve
ablative			amesh

Chamicuro

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ame

1. axe, hatchet

Cheyenne

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ame (inanimate)

1. pemmican

Esperanto

Etymology

From ami +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈame/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ame
• Hyphenation: a‧me

Adverb

ame

1. 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

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-bẽ, *-bɛ̃ (“person”). Cognates include Fon mɛ, Gun mɛ, Saxwe Gbe mɛ and Adja mɛ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.mè/

Noun

àmè (definite singular àmè lá or àmèà, plural àmèwó, definite plural àmèàwó)

1. human, person, man (as opposed to being an animal)

   Synonym: amegbetɔ

Derived terms

• ame dahe (“poor person”)
• ame ɖifɔ (“cursed person”)
• ame dzɔatsu (“giant”)
• ame fiafiã (“burnt person”)
• ame ƒeƒle (“slave”)
• ame gblɔdɔ (“laggard”)
• ame kuku (“corpse”)
• ame kpotui (“thug, hooligan”)
• ame lele (“prisoner”)
• ame nɔewo gɔmesese (“agreement”)
• ame tsiagble (“survivor”)
• ame tsile (“shipwreck”)
• amebala, ameblela (“cheat (person)”)
• amebeble (“cheating”)
• amebleɖe (“dishonest”)
• Ameblegbewova (name given to someone whose parents previously had stillbirths or neonatal deaths, literally “it came to deceive people”)
• ameblibo (“corpse”)
• amebubu (“obedience”)
• amebula (“obedient person”)
• amedada (“jolt”)
• amedede asi (“treason”)
• amedefe (“toilet”)
• amedifɔ (“cursed person”)
• amedohlɔla (“murderer with blood debt”)
• amedɔdɔ (“envoy”)
• amedɔdrɔ (“employment”)
• amedutavi (“child of stranger”)
• ameɖiɖi (“burial”)
• ameɖiƒe (“cemetry”)
• ameɖokuibɔbɔ (“humility”)
• ameɖokuitrɔtrɔ (“disguise”)
• ameɖokuiwuwu (“suicide”)
• ameɖuɖu (“sting”)
• amedzidetɔ (“beneficial”)
• amedzidetɔe (“beneficially”)
• amedzidzedze (“assault”)
• amedzidzela (“assailant”)
• amedzidzi (“natality”)
• amedzitsatsa (“visit”)
• amedzɔ (“slave trade”)
• amedzɔdzɔ, amedzɔƒe (“human creation”)
• amedzɔla, amedzrala (“slave trader”)
• amedzro (“guest, visitor”)
• amedzrodzeƒe (“hotel”)
• amedzromaxɔ (“xenophobia”)
• amedzrowɔwɔ, amedzroxɔxɔ (“hospitality”)
• amefila (“kidnapper”)
• amefuflu (“comedy”)
• ameƒeƒle (“slave trade”)
• ameƒu (“skeleton”)
• amegãɖeɖi (“elderly person”)
• amegãxi (“wolf”)
• amegɔmedzɔla (“traitor”)
• amegɔmenɔla, amegɔmeme (“junior, subordinate”)
• amegbetɔ (“human being”)
• ameha (“crowd, gathering”)
• amehehe ɖe ŋu (“attraction, affinity”)
• amehela (“masseur”)
• ameklãdzo (“traffic light”)
• amekola (“mocker”)
• amekɔʋu, ametsɔʋu (“bus”)
• amekuku (“corpse”)
• amekutɔku (“drowned person”)
• amekpɔkpɔ (“ausculation”)
• amekpui (“dwarf, midget”)
• amelaɖula (“cannibal”)
• amelele (“arrest”)
• amelɔla (“kind person”)
• amelɔlɔ̃ (“kindness”)
• amemabumabu (“disrespect”)
• amemo (“mask”)
• amenola, amenyila (“witch”)
• amenubeble (“flattery”)
• amenublela (“flatterer”)
• amenunyatoto (“citation”)
• amenuveve (“mercy”)
• amenyãdegbe (“banishment, exile”)
• amenyahehe (“to boast”)
• amenyenye (“personality”)
• amenyila (“babysitter”)
• amenyõnu (“soap”) (colloquial)
• amenyronu, amenyinu (“nourishment”)
• ameŋkuta (“personality”)
• ameŋɔŋlɔ, amexexlẽŋlɔ (“census”)
• ameŋuime, ameŋunɔla (“companion”)
• ameŋukaka (“supervision”)
• ameŋulila, ameŋuzɔla (“gossiper”)
• ameŋulilĩ, ameŋuzɔzɔ (“gossip”)
• amesasrakpɔ (“visit”)
• amesisi (“kidnapping”)
• amesisɔsrɔ̃ (“mimicry”)
• amesitsatsa (“slavery”)
• amesrɔ̃la (“mime (person)”)
• amesrɔ̃mɔla, amesrɔ̃yɔla (“adulterer”)
• amesrɔ̃mɔmɔ (“adultery”)
• ametafotafo, ametafufu (“cheating”)
• ametafutɔ (“cheat (person)”)
• ametakoloe (“human skull”)
• ametatrɔtrɔ (“denunciation, exposure”)
• ameteteɖeanyi (“domination”)
• ametiala (“selector (person)”)
• ametiatia (“qualification”)
• ametikpakpɛ (“statue”)
• ametsitsi (“adult”)
• ametsɔrila (“scornful person”)
• ametsɔtsrɔ (“massacre”)
• amevɔvɔ̃ (“midwifery”)
• amewɔwɔ (“kindness”)
• amewula (“assassin”)
• amewunya (“murder (case)”)
• amewuwu (“assassination”)
• amexɔƒe (“living room”)
• amexɔxɔ (“welcoming, reception”)
• ameyibɔ (“black person”)
• ameyomemɔfiala (“traitor”)
• ameyɔyɔ (“calling”)
• wɔ ame, nye ame (“to be kind”)

Pronoun

àmè

1. somebody, someone
2. used for counting items or pieces

Derived terms

• ame aɖe (“somebody, someone”)
• ame aɖeke (“nobody, no-one”)
• ame ma (“that (one)”)
• ame si, ame sia (“this (one)”)
• ameka (“who”, pronoun)
• amesi (“this/that (person)”)
• amesiame (“every/each one”)
• amesiasia (“every/each one”) (dialectal)
• amesiasia, amedzame, ameyɔ̃ame (“every/each one”) (all dialectal)
• amesike (“anyone, anybody”)

References

• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1905), “ame”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[2] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section I, pages 345-351
• Westermann, Dietrich Verfasser (1906), “ame”, in Wörterbuch der Ewe-Sprache [Dictionary of the Ewe language]‎^[3] (in German), Berlin: Dietrich Reimer, section II, pages 123, 137
• Jim-Fugar, Dr. M.K.N.; Jim-Fugar, Nicholine (2017), “ame”, in Nuseline's Ewe-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Togo: Independently published, →ISBN, pages 21-4

Galician

Verb

ame

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

Isoko

Noun

ame

1. dated spelling of amị

Japanese

Romanization

ame

1. Rōmaji transcription of あめ

Kalo Finnish Romani

Pronoun

ame

1. we

References

• “ame” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Laurentian

Etymology

From Proto-North Iroquoian *aːwẽɁ, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *awẽɁ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (reconstructed) /ˈaːwẽʔ/, [ˈaːmẽʔ]

Noun

ame

1. water

Further reading

• Henry Percival Biggar (1924), The Voyages of Jacques Cartier: published from the originals with translations, notes and appendices, F.A. Acland, page 242
• Charles Julian (2010), A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎^[4], University of Manitoba, page 461

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ayme, awme

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French aesme, esme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːm(ə)/

Noun

ame (plural ames)

1. evaluation, guess, opinion; plan, intention
2. aim, purpose

Descendants

• English: aim
• Yola: aim

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)

1. soul; spirit

Descendants

• French: âme

Mpade

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ame/, [ame]

Noun

ame pl

1. water

References

• S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)
• S. Allison, Alphabet et Orthographie de Kotoko de Makary (Mpadɨ) (SIL) (in French)

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto ame and Nüpode Huitoto ame.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɛ]
• Hyphenation: a‧me

Root

ame

1. wood

Derived terms

• amena

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[5], 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)

1. soul; spirit

Descendants

• Middle French: ame
  • French: âme
• Walloon: åme

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ame, supplement)
• ame on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Pagu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.me]

  • Audio:

    (file)

Verb

ame

1. (transitive) to smell

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.me/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mɨ/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɨ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi
• Hyphenation: a‧me

Verb

ame

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

Rayón Zoque

Noun

ame

1. 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)‎^[6] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Romani

Pronoun

ame

1. alternative form of amen (“we”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈame/ [ˈa.me]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ame
• Syllabification: a‧me

Verb

ame

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˧˥me˥˩/

Noun

ámè

1. fire

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa˥˩me˧˥/

Adjective

àmé

1. small

References

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

Tarantino

Verb

ame

1. first-person plural present indicative of avere

Umbundu

Pronoun

ame

1. I (first-person singular pronoun)

See also

Umbundu personal pronouns

	singular	plural
first person	ame	etu
second person	ove	ene
third person	eye	ovo

Uneme

Etymology

From Proto-Edoid *a-mɪ̃, see Edo amẹ, Yekhee amɛ, and other Edoid languages

Noun

ame

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /à.mẽ̀/

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• N. Rolle, Nasal vowel patterns in West Africa, citing own field notes and Ukere 2005 [1986]

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	ame
Brazilian standard	ame
New Tribes	ame

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ame]

Verb

ame

1. (transitive) to lick
2. (transitive) to suck
3. (transitive) to eat (something sweet)

Derived terms

• atame

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “ame”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[7], Lyon
• Costa, Isabella Coutinho; Silva, Marcelo Costa da; Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021), “ameedö”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana‎^[8], Museu do Índio/FUNAI

Zirenkel

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• Eric Johnson, Calvain Mbernodji, Enquête sociolinguistique de la langue Moubi du Tchad, SIL Electronic Survey Reports (2006), page 24