Abenaki

Noun

namas ‎(animate, plural namasak)

1. (a) fish

   namas wôbigo

   (the) fish is white

   • 1884, Joseph Laurent, New Familiar Abenakis and English Dialogues:

     Ôda n'wajônôw namas.

     I have no fish.

Derived terms

• namasiia (fish-meat)

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *domos; compare Latvian nams, Proto-Slavic *dȏmъ. From Proto-Indo-European *dṓm; compare Latin domus, Ancient Greek δόμος ‎(dómos), Sanskrit दम ‎(dáma-). The etymology seems rather secure despite the irregular sound change from *d- to *n-. The original d may be seen in dialectal apìdėmė ‎(“landplot between two homesteads”); compare the more recently formed apýnamė ‎(“area surrounding a house”).

The assimilation is most frequently explained as from the zero-grade *dm- > *nm-, with subsequent generalization onto the full-grade stem. Compare Avestan 𐬥𐬨𐬁𐬥𐬀 ‎(nmāna, “house, quarters”). However, the only zero-grade derivative actually attested in Lithuanian, dimstis ‎(“village, estate”) < *dm̥-st-i-, lacks this particular sound change.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaː.mɐs/

Noun

nãmas m ‎(plural namaĩ) stress pattern 4

1. house (residential dwelling)
2. (in the plural) home (the place where one lives); family estate, homestead

   Šiañdien dìrbu ìš namų̃. - I'm working from home today.

3. (in the plural, collectively) household (the residents of a house)
4. (in the plural) house (public institution)

   Kultū̃ros namaĩ - House of Culture

Declension

Derived terms

Volapük

Noun

namas

1. genitive plural of nam