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tam
English
Etymology 1
Short for tam o'shanter.
Noun
tam (plural tams)
- Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
Etymology 2
From the Cantonese pronunciation of ?
Noun
tam (plural tams)
- 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
- (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete
- completely, really
Etymology 2
From Arabic ?????? (?a?m).
Noun
tam (definite accusative tam?, plural tamlar)
- taste
- Synonym: dad
Declension
Further reading
- “tam” in Obastan.com.
Chewong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?m/
Noun
tam
- 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
- 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
- there (in or at that place or location)
- 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
- 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)
- tame, not wild
- (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland
Inflection
Descendants
- Afrikaans: tam
Anagrams
- mat
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam/
Adverb
tam
- 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)
- eight
- Synonym: tmanya
Kashubian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronoun
tam
- there
Lashi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam/
Verb
tam
- 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)
- so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree
Usage notes
Often coupled with quam
- 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
- to that; dative singular masculine form of tas
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tam]
Adverb
tam
- 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
- Alternative form of tame (“tame”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
tam
- (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology 1
From Arabic ?????? (?a?m).
Noun
tam ?
- taste
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t???m]
Adverb
tam
- precisely, exactly
Etymology 3
From Old Anatolian Turkish ???? (d?am).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t??m]
Noun
tam ?
- house, building, structure
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse tamr
Adjective
tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)
- 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)
- 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
- tame
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: tame, tam
- English: tame
- Scots: tame
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tam/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronoun
tam
- there
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
tam f
- 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)
- Obsolete spelling of tão
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Adverb
tam (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- (Kajkavian, regional) there
Synonyms
- tamo
Slovak
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tam/
Adverb
tam
- there
- 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
- 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)
- tame (not wild), domesticated
Declension
Related terms
- tämja
Anagrams
- mat, mat.
Tatar
Noun
tam
- wall
Turkish
Adjective
tam (comparative daha tam, superlative en tam)
- complete, absolute
Upper Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *tamo.
Adverb
tam
- 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
- (Sino-Vietnamese) three
- 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 • (?)
- (obsolete) younger sibling
Zazaki
Noun
tam n
- taste
Derived terms
- bêtam
- tamey
- tamin
- tamkar
- tam kerden
- tamser
- tam kerd??
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tay
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: t?, IPA(key): /te?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology
Spelling form indicating original pronunciation of tea.
Noun
tay (plural tays)
- (obsolete or dialect) Tea.
Anagrams
- AYT, Yat, yat
Kalasha
Determiner
tay
- your (singular)
Coordinate terms
- mími
Kwaza
Noun
tay
- woman
References
- Hein van der Voort, A Grammar of Kwaza
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Middle French taye, and its source, Latin t?ca, th?ca, from Ancient Greek ???? (th?k?, “covering, sheath”)
Noun
tay (plural tays)
- The outer membrane of the brain.
- ryght so he smote hys fadir, Kynge Arthure, with hys swerde holdynge in both hys hondys, uppon the syde of the hede, that the swerde perced the helmet and the tay of the brayne.
References
- “tei and teie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 September 2020.
Etymology 2
Pronoun
tay
- Alternative form of þei
Paipai
Adjective
tay
- big
Pipil
Alternative forms
- (Izalco) tey (/?te?j/)
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *tla-. Compare Classical Nahuatl tlein (“what”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?j/
Pronoun
tay
- (interro?ative) what
- Tay tikwaj yalua?
- What did you eat yesterday?
- Tay tikwaj yalua?
- (relative) what; that which; the thing that
- Tesu nikmati ne tay inak
- I dont't know what she/he said
- Tesu nikmati ne tay inak
Turkish
Etymology
From Old Anatolian Turkish [script needed] (tay), from Proto-Turkic [Term?]. Cognate with Kazakh ??? (tay).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?j/
Noun
tay (definite accusative tay?, plural taylar)
- colt (horse)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From Proto-Vietic *si?, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sii(?) (Shorto). Cognate with Thavung ??. Compare Sora si?i.
The relationship between this root and the root represented by Khmer ?? (day), Bahnar ti, Juang iti is uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [taj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [taj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ta(?)j??]
- Homophone: tai (in some Southern accents)
Noun
tay • (????)
- (colloquial) a hand
- (colloquial) an arm
- (informal) a guy; a dude
Derived terms
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