German

Noun

Aam f ‎(genitive Aam, plural Aams)

1. aam (measure of liquids)

English

Alternative forms

• aum, awm

Noun

aam ‎(plural aams)

1. (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

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

• ama, AMA, maa

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)

1. aam

Descendants

• English: aam

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German am, ame.

Noun

aam ‎(genitive aami, partitive aami)

1. a big barrel
2. (historical) an aam (a measure of liquid)

Declension

Derived terms

• aamissepp

Mubi

Noun

ăăm ‎(plural ˀààmé)

1. water

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

• am

Etymology

From Chinese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔa.ˈam/

Noun

aám

1. broth made from boiled rice

   Bigyan mo ng aam ang bata.‎

   Give the child some rice broth.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English hem, from Old English heom ‎(“them”), dative of hie. Cognate with English 'em.

Pronoun

aam

1. them