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Webster 1913 Edition
Aam
‖
Aam
(a̤m or äm)
, Noun.
[D.
aam
, fr. LL. ama
; cf. L. hama
a water bucket, Gr. [GREEK]] A Dutch and German measure of liquids, varying in different cities, being at Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, at Antwerp 36½, at Hamburg 38¼.
[Written also
Aum
and Awm
.] Webster 1828 Edition
Aam
AAM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Aam
aam
aam
English
Alternative forms
Noun
aam (plural aams)
- (historical) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼. [first attested around 1350 to 1470]
Translations
Dutch and German measure of liquids
References
- Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 1
- aam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːm/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ame, aem, from Late Latin ama (Latin hama), from Ancient Greek ἄμη (ámē, “bucket”), ἀμάω (amáō, “to gather, harvest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together”).
Noun
aam n (plural amen)
Descendants
- English: aam
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German am, ame.
Noun
aam (genitive aami, partitive aami)
Declension
Declension of aam (type riik)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | aam | aamid |
genitive | aami | aamide |
partitive | aami | aame / aamisid |
illative | aami / aamisse | aamidesse |
inessive | aamis | aamides |
elative | aamist | aamidest |
allative | aamile | aamidele |
adessive | aamil | aamidel |
ablative | aamilt | aamidelt |
translative | aamiks | aamideks |
terminative | aamini | aamideni |
essive | aamina | aamidena |
abessive | aamita | aamideta |
comitative | aamiga | aamidega |
Derived terms
Mubi
Noun
ăăm (plural ˀààmé)
References
- Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3: m- (2007, ISBN 9789004164123), page 201:
- […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Mubi ăăm, pl. ˀààmé […]
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, ISBN 9042908262), page 38
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Chinese.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.ˈam/
Noun
aám
- broth made from boiled rice
- Bigyan mo ng aam ang bata.
- Give the child some rice broth.
- Bigyan mo ng aam ang bata.
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English hem, from Old English heom (“them”), dative of hie. Cognate with English 'em.
Pronoun
aam