ahm

See also: ähm

Translingual

Symbol

ahm

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mobumrin Aizi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mobumrin Aizi terms

English

Interjection

ahm

1. Alternative form of um.
   • 2008, Stephen V. Masse, “Tape Twenty-One”, in A Jolly Good Fellow, Boston, Mass.: Good Harbor Press, →ISBN, page 192:

     “Ahm—why don’t you go back with Dad and Uncle Eugene. I’ll be over in a jiffy…” Gabriel looks up at her confused, but then takes off for his old man.

   • 2012, Tad C. Rhoden, “Night Things”, in Don’t Call Me Hobbit: A Novel, Bradenton, Fla.: BookLocker.com, Inc., →ISBN, page 92:

     “You dwarves really believe in that old hag?” The soldier continued without waiting for an answer. “Ahm… You are dwarfin, pretty miss? I mean, well, you dress dwarfin, but you don’t look it.”

   • 2014, Chris O’Dowd, Nick V[incent] Murphy, “Three for a Girl, Four for a Boy”, in The Blunder Years (Moone Boy; 1), London: Macmillan Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 48:

     ‘Did you brush your teeth?’ […] ‘Ahm . . . No, my toothbrush . . . ahm . . . fell on to the . . . the ceiling.’ He shook his head at himself.

Estonian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish ahma, from Proto-Finnic *ahma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑhm/, [ˈɑhˑm̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑhm
• Hyphenation: ahm

Noun

ahm (genitive ahmi, partitive ahmi) or
ahm (genitive ahma, partitive ahma)

1. wolverine, glutton (Gulo gulo)

   Synonym: kaljukass

Declension

Declension of ahm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahm	ahmid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ahmi
genitive			ahmide
partitive		ahmi	ahme ahmisid
illative		ahmi ahmisse	ahmidesse ahmesse
inessive		ahmis	ahmides ahmes
elative		ahmist	ahmidest ahmest
allative		ahmile	ahmidele ahmele
adessive		ahmil	ahmidel ahmel
ablative		ahmilt	ahmidelt ahmelt
translative		ahmiks	ahmideks ahmeks
terminative		ahmini	ahmideni
essive		ahmina	ahmidena
abessive		ahmita	ahmideta
comitative		ahmiga	ahmidega

Declension of ahm (ÕS type 22u/leib, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		ahm	ahmad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	ahma
genitive			ahmade
partitive		ahma	ahmu ahmasid
illative		ahma ahmasse	ahmadesse ahmusse
inessive		ahmas	ahmades ahmus
elative		ahmast	ahmadest ahmust
allative		ahmale	ahmadele ahmule
adessive		ahmal	ahmadel ahmul
ablative		ahmalt	ahmadelt ahmult
translative		ahmaks	ahmadeks ahmuks
terminative		ahmani	ahmadeni
essive		ahmana	ahmadena
abessive		ahmata	ahmadeta
comitative		ahmaga	ahmadega

Synonyms

• (wolverine): kaljukass

Related terms

• ahmima (“to hog”)

References

• ahm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “ahm”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Italian

Interjection

ahm

1. yum!

Anagrams

• mah