nam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nam"

Catacao

Noun

nam

  1. moon

Crimean Tatar

Noun

nam

  1. name, appellation, title

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • IPA(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

  1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

Finnish

Interjection

nam

  1. yum

Gothic

Romanization

nam

  1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

  1. for, since, because, seeing that

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

  1. (colloquial) six

Interlingua

Conjunction

nam

  1. for

Kashmiri

Noun

nam

  1. fingernail, toenail

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

nam

  1. for
    • 4th century, St Jerome, Vulgate, Tobit 2:15
      nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius
      For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life
  2. thus
  3. because
  4. actually

Derived terms

References

  • nam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers
 <  5 6 7  > 
    Cardinal : nam

Alternative forms

Etymology

Shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/
  • Rhymes: -nam, -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

  1. Alternative form of enam

Middle Dutch

Verb

nam

  1. first-person and third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Noun

nam m

  1. name
  2. (grammar) noun
    • 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
      Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
      zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
      vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
      gemunzet und geformet stân.

Ngarrindjeri

Pronoun

nam

  1. us

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Interjection

nam

  1. yum, or yum yum

References

Nyishi

Noun

nam

  1. house, home

References

  • P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎, Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

  1. First-person preterite form of niman
  2. Third-person preterite form of niman

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Pronoun

nam

  1. dative of my

Portuguese

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of não

Rohingya

Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali [Term?].

Noun

nam

  1. name

Sapé

Noun

nam

  1. water

References

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

nam

  1. if (subjunctive)
  1. whether (subjunctive)

Usage notes

  • Only used before words beginning with b, f, m or p, otherwise the form nan is used.
  • Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
  • The negative form is mura.

Preposition

nam

  1. in my
    Bha mi nam chadal. - I was sleeping (literally I was in my sleep).
  2. in their

Usage notes

  • As in my, it lenites the following word.
  • As in their, it is used before words beginning with b, f, m or p.

Article

nam

  1. the

Usage notes

  • This form is used in the genitive plural before words beginning with b, f, m or p.

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

  1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام‎ (nâm).

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

  1. name (reputation)


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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”).

Noun

nam

  1. south

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男 (“male”).

Noun

nam

  1. man, male

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (plural nams)

  1. hand

Declension

Derived terms

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