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Webster 1913 Edition
Hame
Hame
(hām)
, Noun.
Home.
[Scot. & O. Eng.]
Hame
,Noun.
[Scot.
haims
, hammys
, hems
, OE. ham
; cf. D. haam
.] One of the two curved pieces of wood or metal, in the harness of a draught horse, to which the traces are fastened. They are fitted upon the collar, or have pads fitting the horse’s neck attached to them.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hame
HAME
,Noun.
plu.
Definition 2024
hame
hame
See also: Häme
English
Noun
hame (plural hames)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English, from Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet, collar for a horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱam- (“part of a harness”). Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame (“collar, fishnet”), Old High German hamo (“sack-like fishnet”) (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen (“hand fishnet”), Ham (“horse collar”)).
Noun
hame (plural hames)
- Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.
Translations
metal or wooden pieces of a horse collar to which the traces (straps, ropes or chains) of the harness are attached by which a carriage or wagon is drawn.
Derived terms
- hamestrap
- hamestring
Translations
part of the harness of a horse
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Etymology 3
From Middle English ham, from Old English hām (“home”). More at home.
Noun
hame (plural hames)
- Scottish form of home
Etymology 4
From earlier haum, haume.
Noun
hame (plural hames)
- Alternative form of halm
Anagrams
Finnish
(index ha)
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *hameh, from a Germanic language.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ha‧me
- Rhymes: -ɑme
- IPA(key): [ˈhɑme̞ˣ]
Noun
hame
Declension
| Inflection of hame (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | hame | hameet | |
| genitive | hameen | hameiden hameitten |
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| partitive | hametta | hameita | |
| illative | hameeseen | hameisiin hameihin |
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| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | hame | hameet | |
| accusative | nom. | hame | hameet |
| gen. | hameen | ||
| genitive | hameen | hameiden hameitten |
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| partitive | hametta | hameita | |
| inessive | hameessa | hameissa | |
| elative | hameesta | hameista | |
| illative | hameeseen | hameisiin hameihin |
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| adessive | hameella | hameilla | |
| ablative | hameelta | hameilta | |
| allative | hameelle | hameille | |
| essive | hameena | hameina | |
| translative | hameeksi | hameiksi | |
| instructive | — | hamein | |
| abessive | hameetta | hameitta | |
| comitative | — | hameineen | |
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈheːm/, /heɪ̯m/, [hem]
Etymology
From Old English hām.
Noun
hame (plural hames)
Derived terms
Terms derived from hame
Adverb
hame (not comparable)
- at home