amai

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• IPA^(key): /amai̯/ [a.mai̯]
• Rhymes: -amai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: a‧mai

amai inan

1. end, ending

   Synonym: amaiera

   Antonym: hasiera

• amaiera (“ending”)
• amaitu (“to end”)

• “amai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “amai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

According to the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, the term is an evolution of the now obsolete interjections amij, amy or ammy (formed from ah and the personal pronoun mij; compare also French à moi), as an exclamation of sorrow or indignation, pain, aversion, pity, etc.

• IPA^(key): /aːˈmɑi̯/

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• Hyphenation: amai

amai

1. (Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders) exclamation of surprise or disappointment; boy!

   Amai, wa'ne klap! ― Jee, what a punch (or thunderstroke)

   Wa'ne stoot, amai! ― What a blunder, gosh!

2. (Belgium, Zeelandic Flanders) oh my, amazing

   Amai, da'ziet er goed uit! ― Oh my, that is looking good!

• maai

amai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of amar

• amat

• IPA^(key): /amai/

amai

1. true

   Amai, aku bisi meda iya.

   It's true, I have seen him.

Borrowed from Minangkabau amai.

amai (plural amai-amai)

1. (dialectal, West Sumatra) synonym of ibu (“mother”)

amai

1. first-person singular past historic of amare

• amia

amai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あまい

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

amai

1. father

• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: a‧mai

amai

1. second-person plural imperative of amar

amai

1. an elder sister

   Antonym: ayŏng

amai

1. first-person singular preterite active indicative of amari