different between aam vs naam

English

Alternative forms

• aum, awm

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch aam, from Latin ama, a variant of hama, from Ancient Greek ??? (ám?, “bucket”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m/, /??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?m/, /?m/
• Rhymes: -??m, -??m

Noun

aam (plural aams)

1. (historical) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼. [first attested around 1350 to 1470]

Translations

References

• Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002) , “aam”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 1
• aam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• AMA, Ama, ama, maa

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ame, aem, from Late Latin ama (Latin hama), from Ancient Greek ??? (ám?, “bucket”), ???? (amá?, “to gather, harvest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?m/
• Hyphenation: aam
• Rhymes: -a?m

Noun

aam n (plural amen)

1. aam

Descendants

• ? English: aam

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German am, ame.

Noun

aam (genitive aami, partitive aami)

1. a big barrel
2. (historical) an aam (a measure of liquid)

Declension

Derived terms

• aamissepp

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m/

Contraction

aam

1. aan + dem, at the, on the

Mubi

Noun

??m (plural ?ààmé)

1. water

References

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, ?ISBN, page 201:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-? "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Mubi ??m, pl. ?ààmé […]

• Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ?ISBN), page 38

Sakizaya

Noun

aam

1. congee

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• am

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien ? (ám, “rice soup”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?am/

Noun

aám

1. broth made from boiled rice

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”), dative of hie. Cognate with English 'em.

Pronoun

aam

1. them

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology

From Middle English nam, naam, from Old English n?m (“seizure of property”), probably from Old Norse nám (“occupation; acquisition, learning, study”, literally “taking”), from Proto-Germanic *n?m? (“taking”), from Proto-Germanic *neman? (“to take”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to take”). Cognate with Old English n?m (“taking, acceptance”), Old High German n?ma ("seizure, confiscation"; > German Nahme).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n??m/

Noun

naam (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, law) The taking of property for the purpose of compensation.
2. (obsolete, law) Goods taken in such a manner.

Synonyms

• distraint

Anagrams

• Nama, mana

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch naam, from Middle Dutch name, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?nómn?.

Noun

naam (plural name)

1. name

Derived terms

• naamwoord

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch name, from Old Dutch namo, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h?nómn?. Compare German Name, West Frisian namme, English name, Danish navn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?m/
• Hyphenation: naam
• Rhymes: -a?m

Noun

naam m (plural namen, diminutive naampje n)

1. name

Derived terms

• naambord
• naamdag
• naamgenoot
• naamgever
• naamgeving
• naamloos
• naamval
• naamwoord
• achternaam
• artiestennaam
• bijnaam
• doopnaam
• familienaam
• koosnaam
• maandnaam
• mijn naam is haas
• persoonsnaam
• plaatsnaam
• roepnaam
• schuilnaam
• straatnaam
• troetelnaam
• voornaam

Descendants

• Afrikaans: naam

Anagrams

• Maan, maan

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (n?m).

Pronoun

naam

1. name

Spanish

Noun

naam m (plural naams)

1. naan (bread)

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (na?am).

Pronunciation

Interjection

naam

1. yes; certainly

See also

• ndiyo