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^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

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

Anagrams

• Man, man

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Finnish

Interjection

1. yum

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Gothic

Romanization

nam

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from , from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

1. (colloquial) six

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Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

1. for

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Lashi

Postposition

nam

1. near

References

• https://inter.payap.ac.th/wp-content/uploads/linguistics_students/Luk_Hkaw_Thesis2017.pdf

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nam/, [näm]

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

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

2. thus
3. because
4. actually

Derived terms

• nempe
• utinam
• namque

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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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

<  5	6	7  >
Cardinal : nam

Alternative forms

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

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/
• Rhymes: -nam, -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. Alternative form of enam

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Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

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Middle High German

Alternative forms

• name

Noun

nam m

1. name
2. (grammar) noun
   • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:

     Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch

     zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,

     vorsatz, înworf under irem dach

     gemunzet und geformet stân.

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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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Nyishi

Noun

nam

1. house, home

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[2], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

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Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person preterite of niman

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Polish

Pronunciation

• Template:pl-IPA

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

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Portuguese

Adverb

1. Obsolete spelling of não.

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Rohingya

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali নাম (nam).

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

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

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

   Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!

   We can do better! We have no limits!

   (literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)

2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

   Gdje nam je auto?

   Where is our car?

Declension

Declension of nam

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

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm).

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

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.

Noun

nam

1. (collective) boys and men

   Antonym: nữ

Adjective

nam

1. (of people) male

   Synonym: trai

   Antonym: nữ, gái

Prefix

nam

1. male; -o

   nam thanh niên

   a young man

Usage notes

• As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

See also

• dương
• đực
• trống

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• 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