aam

Alternative forms

• aum, awm

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːm/, /ɔːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑm/, /ɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɑːm, -ɔːm

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]

References

• Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 1
• aam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• AMA, Ama, ama, maa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːm/

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Noun

aam n (plural amen)

1. aam

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)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔːm/

Contraction

aam

1. aan + dem, at the, on the

Noun

ăăm (plural ˀààmé)

1. water

References

• Takács, Gábor (1999-2008) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201:

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

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

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

Alternative forms

• am

Etymology

From Chinese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈam/

Noun

aám

1. broth made from boiled rice

   Bigyan mo ng aam ang bata.

   Give the child some rice broth.

Etymology

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

Pronoun

aam

1. them