amat

amat

1. definite nominative/accusative plural of amë

Inherited from Latin amātus, perfect passive participle of amare (“to love”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈmat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈmat]
• Rhymes: -at

amat (feminine amada, masculine plural amats, feminine plural amades)

1. beloved

amat (feminine amada, masculine plural amats, feminine plural amades)

1. past participle of amar

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat, although possible chance resemblance.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔamat/ [ˈʔɐ.mɐt]
• Rhymes: -amat
• Syllabification: a‧mat

amat (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜦ᜴)

1. continuity; continuousness

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

amát (diminutive amat-amat)

1. gradual, step-by-step, slow

• IPA^(key): /amat/

amat

1. true

   Amat, aku bisi meda iya.

   It's true, I have seen him.

• amai

amat

1. Terang amat api!

   The fire is very bright!

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈamat/ [ˈa.mat̪̚]
• Syllabification: a‧mat

amat

1. so

   Synonym: begitu

• ama

amat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of amō

amāt

1. (rare) third-person singular perfect active indicative of amō

• amāt (Courland)

Borrowing from a Germanic language, compare German Amt (“office”).

amat

1. trade

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat (“continuous, unceasing”).

• IPA^(key): /amat/
• Rhymes: -amat, -mat, -at

amat (Jawi spelling امت)

1. very

   Synonyms: begitu, sangat, sungguh, sekali

   Persembahan itu amat menakjubkan!

   That performance was [very] amazing!

• “amat” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Nahuan *aamatl. Compare Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“a kind of fig tree; paper”).

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈamat/

amat (plural ajamat)

1. a kind of fig tree (Ficus insipida)
2. paper
3. book, document

• (book): amachti

• → Spanish: amate

amat

1. paper

From Proto-Oceanic, via a form such as Fijian mata or Gilbertese mata.

amat

1. raw