nam

Acehnese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nam     Ordinal : keunam

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam

1. six

nam

1. moon

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

nam

1. name, appellation, title

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): [nɑm]

nam

1. singular past indicative of nemen

• Man, man

Eastern Cham cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nam, nem

• nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
• ꨘꩌ

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

• IPA^(key): /nʌm/

nam

1. six

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -ɑm
• Hyphenation^(key): nam

nam

1. yum

• “nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

nam

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Borrowed from Latin nam.

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

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

nam

1. (colloquial) six

nam

1. for

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam

1. near

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

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /nam/, [nä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /nam/, [näm]

nam

1. for
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Tobiae 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. since
3. thus
4. because
5. actually

• nempe
• utinam
• namque

• cur
• quia

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• IPA^(key): [nam]

nam

1. dative of my

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nam

• enam
• ĕnam
• anam
• ănam
• انم
• نم

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

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

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. Alternative form of enam

nam

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

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈnam/

nam m

1. Alternative form of name

Musi cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : nam

nam

1. six

• naam

Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

nam

1. name

nam

1. house, home

nam

1. us

• nam-nam, nam nam

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

• “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• nam-nam, nam nam

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

• “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

nam

1. house, home

• P. T. Abraham (2005) A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[4], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

nam

1. first/third-person preterite of niman

nam

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam

1. come on
2. come along with me

1580, Carita Parahyangan, section III:

Carék Sang Mangukuhan, "Nam adiing kalih, urang ngaboro leumpang ka tegal."

Said Sang Mangukuhan, "Come, my little brothers, let us go hunting in the fields"

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnam/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: nam

nam

1. dative of my

nam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of não.

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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nam

1. name

nam

1. water

• Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nam

1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”).

nam (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. in my

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

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ am (“their”).

nam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel)

1. Form of of nan used before the consonants b-, f-, m- or p-.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nam

1. inflection of an (“the”):
   1. genitive plural before f-
   2. genitive plural before b-, m-, p-

Variation of nam (definite article)
	Masculine			Feminine			Plural
	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.	nom.	dat.	gen.
+ f-	am	anL		anL		na	na		nam
+ m-, p- or b-	am	a'L		a'L		na	na		nam
+ c- or g-	an	a'L		a'L		na	na		nan
+ sV-, sl-, sn- or sr-	an	anT		anT		na	na		nan
+ other consonant	an	an		an		na	na		nan
+ vowel	anT	an		an		naH	naH		nan
L Triggers lenition; H Triggers H-prothesis; T Triggers T-prothesis

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

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

   Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!

   We can do better! We have no limits!

   (literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)

2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

   Gdje nam je auto?

   Where is our car?

nam

1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

nam

1. past indicative of nimma

• man

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

nam

1. soft

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [naːm˦]

nam (南)

1. south

nam

1. male

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

nam (楠)

1. thorn, spine

   nam chộc ― pierced by a thorn

   點㓜百樅楠

   Tiểm au pác doòng nam

   Take a hundred thorns from the point.

• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

1. reputation
2. name

Inflection
Nominative	nam
Definite accusative	namı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	nam	namlar
Definite accusative	namı	namları
Dative	nama	namlara
Locative	namda	namlarda
Ablative	namdan	namlardan
Genitive	namın	namların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular namım namlarım 2nd singular namın namların 3rd singular namı namları 1st plural namımız namlarımız 2nd plural namınız namlarınız 3rd plural namları namları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular namımı namlarımı 2nd singular namını namlarını 3rd singular namını namlarını 1st plural namımızı namlarımızı 2nd plural namınızı namlarınızı 3rd plural namlarını namlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular namıma namlarıma 2nd singular namına namlarına 3rd singular namına namlarına 1st plural namımıza namlarımıza 2nd plural namınıza namlarınıza 3rd plural namlarına namlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular namımda namlarımda 2nd singular namında namlarında 3rd singular namında namlarında 1st plural namımızda namlarımızda 2nd plural namınızda namlarınızda 3rd plural namlarında namlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular namımdan namlarımdan 2nd singular namından namlarından 3rd singular namından namlarından 1st plural namımızdan namlarımızdan 2nd plural namınızdan namlarınızdan 3rd plural namlarından namlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular namımın namlarımın 2nd singular namının namlarının 3rd singular namının namlarının 1st plural namımızın namlarımızın 2nd plural namınızın namlarınızın 3rd plural namlarının namlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular namım namlarım 2nd singular namsın namlarsın 3rd singular nam namdır namlar namlardır 1st plural namız namlarız 2nd plural namsınız namlarsınız 3rd plural namlar namlardır

• nam-ı diğer (“also known as”)
• namlı (“famous”)

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

• (South Central Vietnam) nôm

nam

1. south

• (compass points) ^{(Category: vi:Compass points)}

tây bắc	bắc	đông bắc
tây		đông
tây nam	nam	đông nam

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

nam

1. (collective) boys and men

   Antonym: nữ

nam

1. (of people) male

   Synonym: trai

   Antonyms: nữ, gái

nam

1. male; -o

   nam thanh niên

   a young man

• As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).

• dương
• đực
• trống

• man

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

• IPA^(key): /nam/

nam (nominative plural nams)

1. hand

• namakev