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Translingual

Etymology 1

From a- (atto-) + m (meter).

Symbol

am

  1. (metrology) Symbol for attometre (attometer), an SI unit of length equal to 1018 metres (meters).

Etymology 2

Clipping of English Amharic.

Symbol

am

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Amharic.

See also

English

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Etymology 1

From Middle English am, em, from Old English eam, eom (am), from Proto-West Germanic *im, from Proto-Germanic *immi, *izmi (am, form of the verb *wesaną (to be; dwell)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (I am, I exist).

Cognate with Old Norse em (Old Swedish æm (am)), Gothic 𐌹𐌼 (im, am), Ancient Greek εἰμῐ́ (eimĭ́, am), Old Armenian եմ (em, am), Albanian jam (am).

Pronunciation

Verb

am

  1. first-person singular present indicative of be
Derived terms
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Contraction

am

  1. (informal or dialectal) Contraction of I + am.

Etymology 2

Adverb

am (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of a.m..
    • 2017, Huei-Ru Hsieh et al., “Lessons Learned from the 0801 Petrochemical Pipeline Explosions in Kaohsiung City”, in Fire Science and Technology 2015: The Proceedings of 10th Asia-Oceania Symposium on Fire Science and Technology, →DOI, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 183:
      On 1 August 2014 at approximately 12 am, in Lingya and Chienchen Districts of Kaohsiung City, a series of explosions from underground pipelines and sewer system occurred.

Anagrams

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Abau

Pronunciation

Noun

am class II gender m

  1. breadfruit
  2. breadfruit seeds
  3. a very sticky liquid from the breadfruit tree, used as traditional glue

References

SIL International (2020), “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org

Achang

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-qəm (jaw, chin).

Pronunciation

  • (Myanmar) /am˧/

Noun

am

  1. jaw
    • 2010, “Job 41:2”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible, Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:
      Nyah am mha nghweh yoh jauh lhyeh?
      Can you pass through its jaw with a hook?

Further reading

  • Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon, Payap University, page 1
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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The verb as a whole derives from forms of the Latin habeō, habēre. The first-person present singular form am(u), along with some other inflected forms, may have been analogical constructions (in this case, from an old form (aemu) of first-person plural (now avem)), or influenced by nearby languages. Compare Romanian avea, am; cf. also Albanian kam (to have). The third-person singular present indicative, ari, may have derived from Latin haberet.

Verb

am (third-person singular ari or are, simple perfect avui, imperfect aveam, participle avutã)

  1. to have
  2. to own
  3. (auxiliary, with past participles) to have ...
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Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Oghuz اَمْ (am), from Proto-Turkic *am. Cognate with Turkish and Turkmen am. Related to amcıq with the same sense and derived from the same root.

Pronunciation

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

  1. (vulgar) cunt
    Synonyms: amcıq, dıllaq, dındıq, mıtıq
Declension
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic عَام (ʕām).

Noun

am (definite accusative amı, plural amlar)

  1. (Classical Azerbaijani) year
    Synonyms: il, sal, sənə
Declension
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Further reading

  • am” in Obastan.com.
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Baba Malay

Etymology

From Hokkien  / (ám).

Noun

am

  1. rice water

Further reading

Ch'orti'

Etymology

From Proto-Mayan *ʔam.

Noun

am

  1. spider

References

Chuukese

Pronoun

am

  1. First-person plural exclusive pronoun; us (exclusive)

See also

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Fula

Alternative forms

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Determiner

am (singular)

  1. (possessive) my
    suudu am
    my house

Usage notes

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

am

  1. mat

Derived terms

  • amipang
  • ampatchi

References

  • Burling, R. (2003), The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 35
  • Mason, M.C. (1904) , English-Garo Dictionary, Mittal Publications, New Delhi, India
  • Garo-Hindi-English Learners' Dictionary, North-Eastern Hill University Publications, Shillong
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German

Pronunciation

Contraction

am

  1. contraction of an (at/on) + dem (the, masculine/neuter dative singular) [with adjective ending with -en and masculine or neuter noun]
    am Endeat the end
    am Randeon the margin(s)
    am Lebenalive
  2. (Bavaria, Austria) contraction of auf (on/at) + dem (the, masculine/neuter dative singular) [with adjective ending with -en and masculine or neuter noun]
    Synonym: (colloquial) aufm
    am Bergon the mountain
    am Festat the festival
    am Schirmon the screen

Usage notes

  • The contraction am is obligatory when the definite article has no deixis whatsoever. In this case it is ungrammatical to use an/auf dem as separate words:
Er steht am Gartenzaun.He's standing at the garden fence.
Am Anfang konnte ich ihn gar nicht leiden.In the beginning, I couldn't stand him at all.
  • On the other hand, am is usually not applicable when the definite article has an indicative function. This includes contexts in which English would use a demonstrative pronoun (“this” or “that”) but also some others. Particularly, an dem is used before a defining relative clause.
An dem Tag habe ich beschlossen, dass sich etwas ändern muss.On that day, I decided that something had to change.
De Katze sitzt immer an dem Fenster, von dem man den besten Überblick über den Garten hat.The cat always sits by the window that gives you the best view of the garden.

Particle

am

  1. Precedes the superlative in adverbial and predicate use.
    am schnellstenfastest
    am schwächstenweakest
    am wichtigstenmost important
    Er spielt am besten.
    He plays best.
  2. (informal) Used to form the progressive aspect of verbs, especially intransitive ones. [with gerund]
    Wir sind noch am Überlegen, wie wir es angehen.
    We're still thinking about how we'll go about it.

Further reading

  • am” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Pronunciation

Adverb

am

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of amúgy (otherwise, anyway; by the way)

See also

Indonesian

Irish

Kabyle

Kofyar

Lagwan

Livonian

Luxembourgish

Malalí

Megleno-Romanian

Middle English

Middle Welsh

Mwaghavul

Ngas

Nigerian Pidgin

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Nynorsk

Old English

Old Irish

Pero

Pumpokol

Romanian

Scottish Gaelic

Spanish

Sumerian

Tagalog

Tangale

Tarifit

Tày

Turkish

Tzeltal

Uspanteco

Vietnamese

War-Jaintia

Welsh

West Makian

Yola

Yucatec Maya

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