'am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

English

Etymology

A representation of the pronunciation of ham by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]).

Pronunciation

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Noun

'am (plural 'ams)

1. Nonstandard form of ham.

Anagrams

• -ma-, M&A, M.A., MA, Ma, ma

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ɑ(ː)mˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /amˠ/

Pronoun

’am (emphatic ’amsa)

1. Galway form of agam: first-person singular of ag

Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *ʔam, from Proto-Tupian *ʔam.

Verb

'am (first-person singular active indicative a'am, first-person singular negative active indicative n'a'ami, noun 'ama) (intransitive)

1. to stand (to support oneself on the feet in an erect position)

   Synonym: pu'am

   Antonym: îub

Conjugation

    Conjugation of 'am (intransitive, consonant ending) (See Appendix:Old Tupi verbs)

Note: not all forms are attested, most of the table is reconstructed based on known patterns.

Causative	mo'am
Causative-comitative	ero'am
Deverbals
-ba'e	o'amyba'e
-sab(a)	'ambaba
-sar(a)	'ambara
	Singular		Singular & Plural	Plural
	1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person exclusive	1st person inclusive	2nd person
Verbal forms
Active
Indicative	a'am	ere'am	o'am	oro'am	îa'am	pe'am
Permissive	t'a'am	t'ere'am	t'o'am	t'oro'am	t'îa'am	ta pe'am
Imperative		e'am				pe'am
Negative indicative	n'a'ami	n'ere'ami	n'o'ami	n'oro'ami	n'îa'ami	na pe'ami
Negative permissive	t'a'am umẽ	t'ere'am umẽ	t'o'am umẽ	t'oro'am umẽ	t'îa'am umẽ	ta pe'am umẽ
Negative imperative		e'am umẽ				pe'am umẽ
Gerund
Affirmative	gûi'ama	e'ama	o'ama	oro'ama	îa'ama	pe'ama
Negative	gûi'ame'yma	e'ame'yma	o'ame'yma	oro'ame'yma	îa'ame'yma	pe'ame'yma
Nominal forms
Infinitive
Affirmative	'ama
Negative	'ame'yma
Circumstantial
Affirmative	xe 'ami		i 'ami	oré 'ami	îandé 'ami
Negative	xe 'ame'ymi		i 'ame'ymi	oré 'ame'ymi	îandé 'ame'ymi

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “'am”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 28, column 2