ami

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ami"

Birgit

Noun

ami

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]: […] Birgit ˀàmì [Jng. 1973 MS] […]

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Catalan

Verb

ami

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

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧mi

Noun

ami

1. a sapling

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Chuukese

Pronoun

ami

1. Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural)

See also

Chuukese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ngaang, nganga, ngang	áám, am (exclusive) kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person		een, en	áámi, ami
3rd person		iiy, i	iir, ir

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Eggon

Noun

ami

1. water

References

• R. Blench, Ake wordlist (lists the Eggon word in notes)

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian amare, from Latin amare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈami]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ami
• Hyphenation: a‧mi

Verb

ami (present amas, past amis, future amos, conditional amus, volitive amu)

1. (transitive) to love

   Mi amas vin.

   I love you.

   Mi estos amita.

   I will have been loved.

   Antonym: malami

Conjugation

Conjugation of ami present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense amas amis amos active participle amanta amantaj aminta amintaj amonta amontaj acc. amantan amantajn amintan amintajn amontan amontajn passive participle amata amataj amita amitaj amota amotaj acc. amatan amatajn amitan amitajn amotan amotajn nominal active participle amanto amantoj aminto amintoj amonto amontoj acc. amanton amantojn aminton amintojn amonton amontojn nominal passive participle amato amatoj amito amitoj amoto amotoj acc. amaton amatojn amiton amitojn amoton amotojn adverbial active participle amante aminte amonte adverbial passive participle amate amite amote infinitive ami imperative amu conditional amus

Derived terms

• amafero (“love affair”)
• amaĵo (“love affair”)
• amanto (“lover”)
• ama (“of love; loving”)
• amataĵo (“pastime”)
• amdeklaro (“declaration of love”)
• amdonantino (“beloved (noun), mistress”)
• amdonanto (“beloved (noun), lover”)
• amegi (“to love deeply, adore”)
• ame (“lovingly”)
• amema (“loving, affectionate”)
• ameti (“to like”)
• aminda (“lovable”)
• amkanto (“love song”)
• amkonfeso (“confession of love”)
• amo (“love (noun)”)
• amplena (“full of love”)
• ampoemo (“love poem”)
• amrakonto (“love story”)
• amrilato (“romantic relationship”)
• amromano (“romance novel”)
• amsento (“feelings of love”)
• ekami (“to fall in love with”)
• enamiĝi (“to fall in love”)
• gastama (“hospitable”)
• glorama (“ambitious”)
• homamo (“love of one's neighbour”)
• malami (“to hate”)
• memamo (“self-love, vanity”)
• senama (“loveless”)
• sinamo (“self-love”)

 

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French

Etymology

From Middle French amy, ami, from Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo. Doublet of igo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mi/

• Audio (France, Paris)

  (file)

• Homophones: amict, amicts, amie, amies, amis
• Hyphenation: a‧mi

Noun

ami m (plural amis, feminine amie)

1. friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)

   Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis.

   We must always stand by our family and our friends.

Derived terms

• ami avec bénéfices
• chambre d'ami
• conseil d'ami
• en ami
• meilleur ami
• petit ami
• prix d'ami
• tir ami
• gomi

Related terms

• amical
• amitié

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: zanmi
• →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria

See also

• ami·e·s

Further reading

• “ami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mai

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Hiligaynon

Noun

ami or amí

1. The second harvest.

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Hungarian

ed  Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question				same	every-/all	no-	relative	some	any	else
		this	that	ugyan	mind(en)-	se(m/n)-	a- + qu.	vala	akár bár	más
who	ki	ő		u	mindenki	senki	aki	v	a b	m
what	mi	ez	az	u u	minden	semmi	ami / amely	v	a b	m
which	melyik				mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	v	a b	m
how	hogy(an) miként	így	úgy	u u	mindenhogy mindenhogyan	sehogy(an) semmiképpen	(a)mint ahogy(an)	v v	a b a b	m/m m/m
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	u u	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	v v	a b a b	m m/m
where	hol	itt	ott	u u	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	v	a b	m m
from wh.	honnan	innen	onnan	u u	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	v	a b	m
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	u u	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	v v	a b a b	m m
from which way	merről	erről	arról	u u	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	v	a b	m
which way	merre	erre	arra	u u	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	v	a b	m
why	miért	ezért	azért	u u	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	v	a b	m
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	v	a b	–
how much	mennyi					semennyi	amennyi	v	a b
what extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	u u	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	v	a b	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	u u	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	v	a b	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	u u	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m)	amikor	v	a b	m
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	u u	(végig)*	semeddig	ameddig	v	a b	–
*: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmi]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ami
• Rhymes: -mi

Pronoun

ami

1. (relative) which; that

   Coordinate terms: amely, amelyik

Usage notes

See the Usage notes at amely and amelyik.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	ami	amik
accusative	amit	amiket
dative	aminek	amiknek
instrumental	amivel	amikkel
causal-final	amiért	amikért
translative	amivé	amikké
terminative	amiig	amikig
essive-formal	amiként	amikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	amiben	amikben
superessive	amin	amiken
adessive	aminél	amiknél
illative	amibe	amikbe
sublative	amire	amikre
allative	amihez	amikhez
elative	amiből	amikből
delative	amiről	amikről
ablative	amitől	amiktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	amié	amiké
non-attributive possessive - plural	amiéi	amikéi

Possessive forms of ami
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	amim	amijeim
2nd person sing.	amid	amijeid
3rd person sing.	amije	amijei
1st person plural	amink	amijeink
2nd person plural	amitek	amijeitek
3rd person plural	amijük	amijeik

Derived terms

Expressions

• ami elmúlt, elmúlt
• ami igaz, az igaz
• ami sok, az sok
• lesz, ami lesz
• nem mind arany, ami fénylik

 

Further reading

• ami in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• ami in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2022)

Anagrams

• ima, mai

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈami/

Noun

ami

1. plural of amo

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Italian

Verb

ami

1. inflection of amare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ima, mai, mia

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Japanese

Romanization

ami

1. Rōmaji transcription of あみ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アミ

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Spanish mi

Pronoun

ami

1. I, me

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Latin

Alternative forms

• ammi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμι (ámi), itself probably from Egyptian.

Noun

ami n (indeclinable)

1. bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)

References

• ami in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Occitan

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of amic

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Old French

Alternative forms

• amic (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11^th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (oblique plural amis, nominative singular amis, nominative plural ami)

1. friend

Related terms

• amie f

Descendants

• Champenois: amin, anmin
• Middle French: amy, ami
  • French: ami
    • Haitian Creole: zanmi
    • →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria
• Norman: amin

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Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• mi (synonym)

Etymology

From Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu ami.

Pronoun

ami

1. I, me, my.

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Pass Valley Yali

Noun

ami

1. uncle (mother's brother)

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) amitg
• (Surmiran) amei
• (Puter) amih

Etymology

From Latin amīcus

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) (male) friend, boyfriend

Synonyms

• cumpogn
• (Rumantsch Grischun) camarat
• (Vallader) camarad

Coordinate terms

• (gender): amia

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Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese 網 (ami).

Noun

ami

1. net

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Sicilian

Verb

ami

1. second-person singular present active indicative of amari
2. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari

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Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of amigo or amiga.

Noun

ami m or f (plural amis)

1. (colloquial) friend; bud

Further reading

• “ami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Swahili

Alternative forms

• amu

Etymology

From Arabic عَمّ‎ (ʿamm, “paternal uncle”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

ami (n class, plural ami)

1. paternal uncle

Coordinate terms

• mjomba (“maternal uncle”)

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Tacana

Noun

ami

1. blood

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Tangam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈami/

Noun

ami

1. person

References

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

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Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, compare Malay kami.

Pronoun

ami

1. we

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English army.

Noun

ami

1. army

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Warao

Noun

ami

1. louse

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Yeyi

Noun

ami

1. water

References

• Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)

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Zia

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *amu.

Noun

ami

1. breast