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tam

English

Etymology 1

Short for tam o'shanter.

Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.

Etymology 2

From the Cantonese pronunciation of ?

Noun

tam (plural tams)

  1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Anagrams

  • AMT, ATM, MAT, MTA, Mat, Mat., TMA, amt, amt., atm, mat, mat.

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (t?mm).

Adverb

tam

  1. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete
  2. completely, really

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (?a?m).

Noun

tam (definite accusative tam?, plural tamlar)

  1. taste
    Synonym: dad
Declension

Further reading

  • “tam” in Obastan.com.

Chewong

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?m/

Noun

tam

  1. water

References

  • Howell, S. (1984). Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia. p. 128.
  • Kruspe, N. (2009). Ceq Wong vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmoor, U. (eds.). World Loanword Database.

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

  1. teeming, full

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam/

Adverb

tam

  1. there (in or at that place or location)
  2. there (to or into that place)

Antonyms

  • (to or into that place): zp?t, zpátky

Derived terms

  • tamní
  • tam?jší
  • tamtudy

Further reading

  • tam in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
  • tam in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh?-.

Adjective

tam

  1. tame

Inflection

References

  • “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?m/
  • Rhymes: -?m

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

  1. tame, not wild
  2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Inflection

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: tam

Anagrams

  • mat

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam/

Adverb

tam

  1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

See also

  • kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam/

Numeral

tam (feminine tamet)

  1. eight
    Synonym: tmanya

Kashubian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronoun

tam

  1. there

Lashi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam/

Verb

tam

  1. to make something level

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téh?m, accusative of *séh?, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tam/, [t?ä??]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tam/, [t??m]

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam

  1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"

Often "tips off" a subjunctive clause of result.

Derived terms

  • tamen
  • tamquam
  • tandem
  • tantus

Related terms

Descendants

  • French: tant
  • Italian: tanto
  • Old Portuguese: tan
  • Portuguese: tam, tão
  • Spanish: tamaño, tan

References

  • tam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[4], London: Macmillan and Co.

Latvian

Pronoun

tam

  1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tam]

Adverb

tam

  1. there (in that place)

Further reading

  • tam in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • tam in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

tam

  1. Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tam

  1. (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (?a?m).

Noun

tam ?

  1. taste
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t???m]

Adverb

tam

  1. precisely, exactly

Etymology 3

From Old Anatolian Turkish ???? (d?am).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t??m]

Noun

tam ?

  1. house, building, structure

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

  • temme

References

  • “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

  1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

  • temja, temje

References

  • “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • tom

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t?m/

Adjective

tam

  1. tame

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: tame, tam
    • English: tame
    • Scots: tame

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tam/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronoun

tam

  1. there

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tam f

  1. genitive plural of tama

Further reading

  • tam in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • tam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of tão

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam (Cyrillic spelling ???)

  1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms

  • tamo

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?tam/

Adverb

tam

  1. there
  2. thither

Synonyms

  • (thither): ta

Antonyms

  • (there): tu
  • (thither): sem

References

  • tam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tám/

Adverb

t?m

  1. there, in that place

Further reading

  • “tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh?-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

  1. tame (not wild), domesticated

Declension

Related terms

  • tämja

Anagrams

  • mat, mat.

Tatar

Noun

tam

  1. wall

Turkish

Adjective

tam (comparative daha tam, superlative en tam)

  1. complete, absolute

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

  1. there

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [ta?m??]
  • (Hu?) IPA(key): [ta?m??]
  • (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ta?m??]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“three”).

Numeral

tam

  1. (Sino-Vietnamese) three
  2. third; thirdly

See also

  • (native) ba

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-sa?m. Cognate with Thavung sa?m¹, Kuy s??m, Khmu [Cuang] h??m.

The term was probably already archaic by the time it started to be written down and was only attested in the compound ????? (anh tam, “elder brother and younger sibling”).

Numeral

tam • (?)

  1. (obsolete) younger sibling

Zazaki

Noun

tam n

  1. taste

Derived terms

  • bêtam
  • tamey
  • tamin
  • tamkar
  • tam kerden
  • tamser
  • tam kerd??

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mam

English

Etymology

Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Old Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

Noun

mam (plural mams)

  1. (informal and colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

Usage notes

  • Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

See also

  • ma'am

References

  • A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]

Anagrams

  • MMA

Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *ma?m. Cognate with Sedang méam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma?m/

Noun

mam 

  1. metal, iron, steel

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.

Noun

mam

  1. An address to a female superior.
  2. An address to a female teacher.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /m?m/
  • Rhymes: -?m

Noun

mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)

  1. mother

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Old Irish muimme (“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mamm?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [m?am?]

Noun

mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)

  1. mam, mum, mom

Declension

Synonyms

  • maime
  • mamaí

Mutation

Further reading

  • "mam" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mam]

Verb

mam

  1. first-person singular present of m??

Derived terms

  • mamk a hamk

Luxembourgish

Contraction

mam

  1. contraction of mat + dem; with the

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian mem.

Noun

mam f (plural mamen)

  1. (Mooring, Föhr-Amrum) mother

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mam/

Verb

mam

  1. first-person singular present of mie?

Verb

mam

  1. second-person singular imperative of mami?

Noun

mam f

  1. genitive plural of mama

Further reading

  • mam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

mam (Cyrillic spelling ???)

  1. (Kajkavian) right now
  2. (Kajkavian) immediately

Related terms

  • odmah

Spanish

Etymology

From the name in Mam, of Mayan origin.

Adjective

mam (plural mames)

  1. (relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)

Noun

mam m (uncountable)

  1. Mam (language)

Noun

mam m or f (plural mam or mames)

  1. Mam

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mamm?, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *m?t?r.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mam/

Noun

mam f (plural mamau)

  1. mother
  2. ancestress
  3. dam
  4. queen bee

Coordinate terms

  • mab (“son”)
  • merch (“daughter”)
  • tad (“father”)

Mutation

Usage notes

Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of mam to mham. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also nain to nhain for a similar example.

References

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “mam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

mam

  1. father

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