hamm
See also: Hamm
East Central German
Etymology
Verb
hamm
- (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
Etymology
An onomatopoeia.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɒmː]
- Rhymes: -ɒmː
Interjection
hamm
- 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)
References
- ^ hamm in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- hamm in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /xɑmm/, [hɑm]
Noun
hamm f
- ham, inner knee
Declension
Strong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hamm | hamma, hamme |
accusative | hamme | hamma, hamme |
genitive | hamme | hamma |
dative | hamme | hammum |
Descendants
Etymology 2
Either from Proto-Germanic *hammaz, possibly related to *haimaz (“village, estate”);[1] 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
- enclosure, piece of enclosed land (especially land enclosed by a river)
Declension
Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | hamm | hammas |
accusative | hamm | hammas |
genitive | hammes | hamma |
dative | hamme | hammum |
Descendants
References
- ^ Sheard, K. M. (2011). Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names for Pagans, Wiccans, Witches, Druids, Heathens, Mages, Shamans & Independent Thinkers of All Sorts who are Curious about Names from Every Place and Every Time. United States: Llewellyn Publications, p. 27