nam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Numeral

nam

1. six

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Noun

nam

1. moon

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian نام (nâm)

Noun

nam

1. name, appellation, title

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “nam”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑm
• IPA^(key): [nɑm]

Verb

nam

1. singular past indicative of nemen

Anagrams

• Man, man

Alternative forms

• nem / ꨘꨮꩌ
• ꨘꩌ

Etymology

From Proto-Chamic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nʌm/

Numeral

nam

1. six

Etymology

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑm/, [ˈnɑ̝m]
• Rhymes: -ɑm
• Hyphenation^(key): nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum

Further reading

• “nam”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Romanization

nam

1. Romanization of 𐌽𐌰𐌼

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nam.

Conjunction

nam

1. for, since, because, seeing that

Etymology

From Malay nam, shortened form of enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

nam

1. (colloquial) six

Conjunction

nam

1. for

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁enos (“that”), the same source of enim, nē (“truly, indeed”), Ancient Greek νή (nḗ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnam/, [ˈnä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnam/, [ˈnäm]

Conjunction

nam

1. for
   • Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Tobiae 2:15:

     Nam sicut beato Iob insultabant reges ita isti parentes et cognati eius et inridebant vitam eius.

     For as the kings insulted over holy Job: so his relations and kinsmen mocked at his life.

2. since
3. thus
4. because
5. actually

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• nam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nam]

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/
• Rhymes: -am

Numeral

nam (Jawi spelling نم)

1. Short for enam.

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past subjunctive of nēmen

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Numeral

nam

1. six

Alternative forms

• naam

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese নাম (nam), from Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hnā́ma, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”).

Noun

nam

1. name

Noun

nam

1. house, home

Pronoun

nam

1. us

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Alternative forms

• nam-nam, nam nam

Interjection

nam

1. yum, or yum yum

References

• “nam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Noun

nam

1. house, home

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person preterite of niman

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of nëman

Verb

nam

1. first/third-person singular past active indicative of nema

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Interjection

nam

1. come on
2. come along with me

1580, Carita Parahyangan, section III:

Carék Sang Mangukuhan, "Nam adiing kalih, urang ngaboro leumpang ka tegal."

Said Sang Mangukuhan, "Come, my little brothers, let us go hunting in the fields"

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnam/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: nam

Pronoun

nam

1. dative of my

Adverb

nam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of não.

Etymology

Cognate with Bengali নাম (nam).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

nam

1. name

Noun

nam

1. water

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)

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology 2

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ mo (“my”).

Etymology 3

Univerbation of an (“in”) +‎ am (“their”).

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *namъ.

Pronoun

nam (Cyrillic spelling нам)

1. to us (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

   Možemo i bolje! Nema nam granica!

   We can do better! We have no limits!

   (literally, “We can even better! There are no limits to us.”)

2. (emphatic, possessive, dative) our, of ours (clitic dative plural of jȃ (“I”))

   Gdje nam je auto?

   Where is our car?

Romanization

nam

1. Romanization of 𒉆 (nam)

Verb

nam

1. past indicative of nimma

Anagrams

• man

Etymology

Cognate with Persian نرم (narm).

Adjective

nam

1. soft

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [naːm˦]

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Proto-Tai *ʰnaːmᴬ (“thorn”). Cognate with Thai หนาม (nǎam), Northern Thai ᩉ᩠ᨶᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ໜາມ (nām), Lü ᦐᦱᧄ (ṅaam), Shan ၼၢမ် (nǎam), Tai Dam ꪘꪱꪣ, Tai Nüa ᥘᥣᥛᥴ (láam) or ᥢᥣᥛᥴ (náam), Zhuang nam, Nong Zhuang nam.

References

• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish نام (nam), from Persian نام (nâm). Compare Sanskrit नामन् (nāman), Latin nomen, French nom , English name, German Name, Armenian անուն (anun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɑm/

Noun

nam (definite accusative namı, plural namlar)

1. reputation
2. name

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [naːm˧˧]

• Audio (Saigon):

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Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 南 (“south”). Compare also nôm/Nôm and nồm (as in gió nồm (“south(east) wind”)).

Noun

nam

1. south

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

tây bắc (西北)	bắc (北)	đông bắc (東北)
tây (西)		đông (東)
tây nam (西南)	nam (南)	đông nam (東南)

Derived terms

• Cộng hoà miền Nam Việt Nam
• đông nam (東南)
• Hà Nam (河南)
• Hồ Nam (湖南)
• kim chỉ nam
• Mặt trận Dân tộc Giải phóng miền Nam Việt Nam
• nam bán cầu (南半球)
• Nam Bộ (南部)
• nam châm (南針)
• Nam Đại Dương (南大洋)
• Nam Định (南定)
• Nam Hà (南河)
• Nam Mĩ (南美)
• Nam tiến (南進)
• Nam Tư (南斯)
• Nam Úc (南澳)
• Nam Xu-đăng
• Quảng Nam (廣南)
• Tây Nam Bộ (西南部)
• tây nam (西南)
• thuốc nam (南)

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 男.

Anagrams

• man

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin manus (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam (nominative plural nams)

1. hand

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nam/

Noun

nam m (plural namau, not mutable)

1. flaw, defect

   Synonyms: diffyg, ffaeledd, bai

2. sin, moral failing

   Synonyms: cam, anaf, niwed

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce, Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995) Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies