ame

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ame"

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:

  […] 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.], […]

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Chamicuro

Noun

ame

1. axe, hatchet

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Cheyenne

Noun

ame (inanimate)

1. pemmican

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Esperanto

Etymology

ami +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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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.

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Ewe

Noun

ame

1. man (human)

Related terms

• amegbetɔ

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Galician

Verb

ame

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

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Japanese

Romanization

ame

1. Rōmaji transcription of あめ

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Laurentian

Noun

ame

1. water

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin anima

Noun

ame f (plural ames)

1. soul; spirit

Descendants

• French: âme

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Mpade

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• S. Allison, Makary Kotoko Provisional Lexicon (SIL)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• anima (9th and 10th centuries)
• anme (11th century)

Etymology

From Latin anima.

Noun

ame f (oblique plural ames, nominative singular ame, nominative plural ames)

1. soul; spirit

Descendants

• 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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ami

Verb

ame

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of amar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of amar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of amar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of amar

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Romani

Pronoun

ame

1. we

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Spanish

Verb

ame

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of amar.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of amar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of amar.

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Tarantino

Verb

ame

1. first-person plural present indicative of avere

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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

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Uneme

Noun

ame

1. water

References

• The History of Ogori (1970), in notes

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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