qam

See also: QAM

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʕam/ [ˈʕam]
Hyphenation: qam

Noun

qám

apocopic form of qammí

References

Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 26

Gothic

Romanization

qam

romanization of 𐌵𐌰𐌼

Maltese

Root
q-w-m
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic قامَ (qāma).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔaːm/

Verb

qam (imperfect jqum)

to get up; to stand up; to rise
to awake; to wake up
Synonym: stenbaħ

Usage notes

In order to specify the meaning of “get up”, one can say qam mis-sodda (literally “he got up from the bed”) or the like.

Conjugation

Conjugation of **qam** (Form I)
positive forms
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	qomt	qomt	qam	qomna	qomtu	qamu
perfect	f	qomt	qomt	qamet	qomna	qomtu	qamu
imperfect	m	nqum	tqum	jqum	nqumu	tqumu	jqumu
imperfect	f	nqum	tqum	tqum	nqumu	tqumu	jqumu
imperative			qum			qumu

Paiwan

Alternative forms

'am

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *qaʀəm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qam/

Noun

qam

pangolin

References

“qam”, in 原住民族語言線上辭典 [Online Dictionary of Aboriginal Languages] (in Mandarin), Taipei: Foundation for Research and Development of Aboriginal Languages, 2014

Quechua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈqam/
- (Ayacucho) IPA^(key): [ˈχam]
- (Cuzco-Collao) IPA^(key): [ˈqɑŋ]

Pronoun

qam

(personal, in the singular) you.

Zazaki

Noun

qam (m)

shallow

	singular	plural
first person	ñuqa	ñuqanchik (inclusive) ñuqayku (exclusive)
second person	qam	qamkuna
third person	pay	paykuna