nam
Catacao
Crimean Tatar
Declension
nominative | nam |
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genitive | namnıñ |
dative | namğa |
accusative | namnı |
locative | namda |
ablative | namdan |
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɑm
- IPA(key): [nɑm]
Finnish
Gothic
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Interlingua
Lashi
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /nam/, [nã]
Conjunction
nam
References
- nam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Malay
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Cardinal : nam | ||
Etymology
Shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nam/
- Rhymes: -nam, -am
Middle Dutch
Middle High German
Alternative forms
Noun
nam m
- name
- (grammar) noun
- 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
- Nam, vornam, wort, darnâch
- zûwort, teilfanc, zûfûg ich sach,
- vorsatz, înworf under irem dach
- gemunzet und geformet stân.
- 14th century, Heinrich von Mügeln. Normalised spellings: 1867, Karl Julis Schröer, Die Dichtungen Heinrichs von Mügeln (Mogelîn) nach den Handschriften besprochen, Wien, p. 476:
Ngarrindjeri
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Nyishi
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɑm/
Portuguese
Sapé
References
- Ernesto C. Migliazza, Maku, Sapé and Uruak languages: Current status and basic lexicon (1978), in Anthropological Linguistics 20 (also cited in Languages of hunter-gatherers and their neighbors)
Scottish Gaelic
Usage notes
- Only used before words beginning with b, f, m or p, otherwise the form nan is used.
- Only used in the conditional tense, otherwise ma is used.
- The negative form is mura.
Usage notes
- As in my, it lenites the following word.
- As in their, it is used before words beginning with b, f, m or p.
Usage notes
- This form is used in the genitive plural before words beginning with b, f, m or p.
Serbo-Croatian
Turkish
Noun
nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)
- name (reputation)
This Turkish entry was created from the translations listed at name. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see nam in the Turkish Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [naːm˧˧]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”).
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.
Usage notes
- As a prefix, not as frequently used as nữ (“female”).