hamm

See also: Hamm

East Central German

Etymology

Compare German haben.

Verb

hamm

1. (Erzgebirgisch) to have

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 57:

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• ham

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɒmː]
• Rhymes: -ɒmː

Interjection

hamm

1. yum (refers to eating food, imitating the quick opening and closing of the mouth; can be childish, but also can enliven the presentation of the story; also used repetitively)
   • 1939, Zsigmond Móricz, A nagy fejedelem‎^[2]:

     Ez úgy ad egy-egy falat kenyeret a kutyának, hogy mint a tekét tartja s a tekeütőt a bottal elütvén, a kenyér elröpül, s a kutya meg nem mozdul, csak a száját kitátván, hamm, elkapja a kenyeret.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• hamm in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.

Alternative forms

• ham, hom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɑmm/, [hɑm]

Noun

hamm f

1. ham, inner knee

Declension

Declension of hamm (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hamm	hamma, hamme
accusative	hamme	hamma, hamme
genitive	hamme	hamma
dative	hamme	hammum

Descendants

• Middle English: hamme
  • English: ham
  • Scots: hamb, ham

Etymology 2

Either from Proto-Germanic *hammaz, possibly related to *haimaz (“village, estate”); or Proto-Germanic *hamjaz, deverbal of *hamjaną (“pinch, hem in, enclose”), whence Old English *hemman (Modern English hem).

Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low Low German Hamm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɑmm/, [hɑm]

Noun

hamm m

2. enclosure, piece of enclosed land (especially land enclosed by a river)

Declension

Declension of hamm (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hamm	hammas
accusative	hamm	hammas
genitive	hammes	hamma
dative	hamme	hammum

Descendants

• Middle English: hamme
  • English: -ham (partially)