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, →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.], […]

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Albanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈamɛ/

Noun

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

1. Brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)

Synonyms

• lojbë

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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

• Audio

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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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Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

From Romani ame, from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

Pronoun

ame

1. we

References

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

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

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Romani

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀫𑁆𑀳𑁂 (amhe), from Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān), from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé.

Pronoun

ame

1. we

Descendants

• Kalo Finnish Romani: ame

See also

Romani personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Ablative	Instrumental
Singular	First	—	me	man	manqe	manθe	manθar	mança
	Second	—	tu	tut	tuqe	tuθe	tuθar	tuça
	Third	Masculine	vov	les	lesqe	lesθe	lesθar	leça
		Feminine	voj	la	laqe	laθe	laθar	laça
Plural	First	—	ame	amen	amenqe	amenθe	amenθar	amença
	Second	—	tume	tumen	tumenqe	tumenθe	tumenθar	tumença
	Third	—	von	len	lenqe	lenθe	lenθar	lença

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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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Tangam

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tani *a-mə, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mej. 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

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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