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).[1]

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

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “ame”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 96

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:(file)
  • 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”).[1] 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

  1. ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991) A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics; 14), Berlin/New York, Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page 220
  • 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 *ˈaːwẽɁ, ultimately from Proto-Iroquoian *awẽɁ.

Noun

ame

  1. water
  • Charles Julian (2010) A history of the Iroquoian Languages‎[4], University of Manitoba, page 461

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

Middle French

Etymology

    Inherited from Old French ame, from Latin anima.

    Noun

    ame f (plural ames)

    1. soul; spirit

    Descendants

    Mpade

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Proto-Chadic *ymn.

    Noun

    ame pl

    1. water

    References

    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

    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

      References

      Portuguese

      Pronunciation

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

      • 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):(file)
      • 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

      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

      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

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