ami

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ami"

Languages (38)

Translingual

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Translingual

Symbol

ami

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Amis.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Amis terms

Birgit

Noun

ami

1. water

References

• Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:

  […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:

  (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Birgit ˀàmì [Jng. 1973 MS] […]

Catalan

Verb

ami

1. inflection of amar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧mi

Noun

ami

1. a sapling

Chuukese

Pronoun

ami

1. Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural)

See also

Chuukese personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ngaang, nganga, ngang	áám, am (exclusive) kiich, kich (inclusive)
2nd person		een, en	áámi, ami
3rd person		iiy, i	iir, ir

Eggon

Noun

ami

1. water

References

• R. Blench, Ake wordlist (lists the Eggon word in notes)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Italian amare, from Latin amō. Doublet of -ema.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈami]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ami
• Hyphenation: a‧mi

Verb

ami (present amas, past amis, future amos, conditional amus, volitive amu)

1. (transitive) to love

   Antonym: malami

   Mi amas vin. ― I love you.

   Mi estos amita. ― I will have been loved.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ami

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		amas		amis		amos
active participle		amanta	amantaj	aminta	amintaj	amonta	amontaj
	acc.	amantan	amantajn	amintan	amintajn	amontan	amontajn
passive participle		amata	amataj	amita	amitaj	amota	amotaj
	acc.	amatan	amatajn	amitan	amitajn	amotan	amotajn
nominal active participle		amanto	amantoj	aminto	amintoj	amonto	amontoj
	acc.	amanton	amantojn	aminton	amintojn	amonton	amontojn
nominal passive participle		amato	amatoj	amito	amitoj	amoto	amotoj
	acc.	amaton	amatojn	amiton	amitojn	amoton	amotojn
adverbial active participle		amante		aminte		amonte
adverbial passive participle		amate		amite		amote
		infinitive	ami	imperative	amu	conditional	amus

Derived terms

• ama (“of love; loving”)
• amafero (“love affair”)
• amaĵo (“love affair”)
• amanto (“lover”)
• amataĵo (“pastime”)
• amdeklaro (“declaration of love”)
• amdonantino (“beloved, mistress”, noun)
• amdonanto (“beloved, lover”, noun)
• ame (“lovingly”)
• amegi (“to love deeply, adore”)
• amema (“loving, affectionate”)
• ameti (“to like”)
• aminda (“lovable”)
• amkanto (“love song”)
• amkonfeso (“confession of love”)
• amo (“love”, noun)
• amplena (“full of love”)
• ampoemo (“love poem”)
• amrakonto (“love story”)
• amrilato (“romantic relationship”)
• amromano (“romance novel”)
• amsento (“feelings of love”)
• amulo
• ekami (“to fall in love with”)
• enamiĝi (“to fall in love”)
• gastama (“hospitable”)
• glorama (“ambitious”)
• homamo (“love of one's neighbour”)
• malami (“to hate”)
• memamo (“self-love, vanity”)
• senama (“loveless”)
• sinamo (“self-love”)

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• amiu (Old Dauphinois, Old Forézien, Old Lyonnais)
• amieu (Old Lyonnais)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis) (ORB, broad)

1. male friend

   Coordinate term: amia f

References

• ami in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• ami in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 733: “l'amico; gli amici” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 38: “ton ami” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amicus, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 445

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French amy, ami, from Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo. Doublet of igo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mi/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Audio:

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• Homophones: amict, amicts, amie, amies, amis
• Hyphenation: ami

Noun

ami m (plural amis, feminine amie)

1. friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)

   Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis.

   We must always stand by our family and our friends.

Derived terms

• ami avec bénéfices
• chambre d’ami
• conseil d’ami
• en ami
• meilleur ami
• petit ami
• prix d’ami
• tir ami
• gomi

Related terms

• amical
• amitié

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: zanmi
• →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria

See also

• ami·e·s

Further reading

• “ami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• mai

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis; feminine amie, plural amies)

1. friend

Herero

Pronoun

ami

1. I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

Hiligaynon

Noun

ami or amí

1. second harvest

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmi]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ami
• Rhymes: -mi

Pronoun

ami

1. (relative) which; that

   Coordinate terms: amely, amelyik

Usage notes

See the Usage notes at amely and amelyik.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	ami	amik
accusative	amit	amiket
dative	aminek	amiknek
instrumental	amivel	amikkel
causal-final	amiért	amikért
translative	amivé	amikké
terminative	amiig	amikig
essive-formal	amiként	amikként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	amiben	amikben
superessive	amin	amiken
adessive	aminél	amiknél
illative	amibe	amikbe
sublative	amire	amikre
allative	amihez	amikhez
elative	amiből	amikből
delative	amiről	amikről
ablative	amitől	amiktől
non-attributive possessive – singular	amié	amiké
non-attributive possessive – plural	amiéi	amikéi

Possessive forms of ami

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	amim	amijeim (or amiim)
2nd person sing.	amid	amijeid (or amiid)
3rd person sing.	amije	amijei (or amii)
1st person plural	amink	amijeink (or amiink)
2nd person plural	amitek	amijeitek (or amiitek)
3rd person plural	amijük	amijeik (or amiik)

Derived terms

(Expressions):

• ami elmúlt, elmúlt
• ami igaz, az igaz
• ami sok, az sok
• lesz, ami lesz
• nem mind arany, ami fénylik

See also

Hungarian table of correlatives (see also Hungarian demonstrative adverbs)

question	question word	this	that	same	every-/all	no-	relative	some-	any-	other-/else-	a few
		e/i-	a/o-	ugyan-	mind- minden-	se(m/n)-	a-	vala-	akár-, bár-	más-	né-
who	ki	ő		ugyanő	mindenki	senki	aki	valaki	akárki, bárki	másvalaki	–
what	mi	ez	az	ugyanez ugyanaz	minden mindez, mindaz	semmi	ami, amely	valami	akármi, bármi	más másvalami	–
which	melyik				mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	valamelyik egyik	akármelyik, bármelyik	másik	némelyik
how	hogy(an) miként, mint miképp(en)	így ekként ekképp(en)	úgy akként akképp(en)	ugyanígy ugyanúgy	mindenhogy(an) mindenképp(en) mindenféleképpen	sehogy(an)1 semmiképp(en) semmiféleképpen	ahogy(an) (a)mint (a)miképpen	valahogy(an)2 valamiképp(en)	akárhogy(an), bárhogy(an) akár-/bármiképpen	máshogy(an) másként másképp(en)	némiképpen
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	ugyanilyen ugyanolyan	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	valamilyen valamiféle	akármilyen, bármilyen akármiféle, bármiféle	másmilyen, másfajta másféle	néhányféle
where	hol	itt	ott	ugyanitt ugyanott	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	valahol	akárhol, bárhol	máshol másutt	néhol
from where	honnan	innen	onnan	ugyaninnen ugyanonnan	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	valahonnan	akárhonnan, bárhonnan	máshonnan	–
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	ugyanide ugyanoda	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	valahova valahová	akárhova, bárhova akárhová, bárhová	máshova máshová	–
from which way	merről	erről	arról	ugyanerről ugyanarról	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	valamerről	akármerről, bármerről	másfelől	–
which way	merre merrefelé	erre errefelé	arra arrafelé	ugyanerre ugyanarra	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	valamerre	akármerre, bármerre	másfelé	–
why	miért	ezért	azért	ugyanezért ugyanazért	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	valamiért	akármiért, bármiért	másért	–
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	ugyanennyi ugyanannyi	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	valahány	akárhány, bárhány	–	néhány
how much	mennyi					semennyi	amennyi	valamennyi	akármennyi, bármennyi		némi
what extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	ugyanennyire ugyanannyira	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	valamennyire	akármennyire, bármennyire	–	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	ugyanekkora ugyanakkora	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	valamekkora	akármekkora, bármekkora	–	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	ugyanekkor ugyanakkor	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m) semmikor	amikor	valamikor	akármikor, bármikor	máskor	néha
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	ugyaneddig ugyanaddig	(végig)3	semeddig	amíg ameddig	valameddig	akármeddig, bármeddig	–	–

¹ Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
² Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
³ Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

Further reading

• ami 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
• ami in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Anagrams

• ima, mai

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈami/

Noun

ami

1. plural of amo

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Hyphenation: à‧mi

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ami

1. inflection of amare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ami m

1. plural of amo

Anagrams

• ima, mai, mia

Japanese

Romanization

ami

1. Rōmaji transcription of あみ
2. Rōmaji transcription of アミ

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese mim.

Pronoun

ami

1. I, me

Latin

Alternative forms

• ammi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμι (ámi), itself probably from Egyptian.

Noun

ami n (indeclinable)

1. bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)

References

• ami in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Mawa

Noun

ami

1. water

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

From Early Assamese আমি (ami, “I, we”).

Pronoun

ami

1. I (first person singular pronoun)

   Synonym: moi

Occitan

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

1. (Mistralian) Alternative form of amic

Old French

Alternative forms

• amic (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11^th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami oblique singular, m (oblique plural amis, nominative singular amis, nominative plural ami)

1. friend

Related terms

• amie f

Descendants

• Champenois: amin, anmin (Possesse)
• Middle French: amy, ami
  • French: ami
    • Haitian Creole: zanmi
    • →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria
• Norman: amin

Papiamentu

Alternative forms

• mi (synonym)

Etymology

From Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu ami.

Pronoun

ami

1. I, me, my.

Pass Valley Yali

Noun

ami

1. uncle (mother's brother)

References

• Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25

Romansch

Alternative forms

• amitg (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
• amei (Surmiran)
• amih (Puter)

Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

Noun

ami m (plural amis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) (male) friend, boyfriend

Synonyms

• cumpogn
• (Rumantsch Grischun) camarat
• (Vallader) camarad

Coordinate terms

• (gender): amia

Rukai

Etymology

From Japanese 網 (ami).

Noun

ami

1. net

Sicilian

Verb

ami

1. second-person singular present active indicative of amari
2. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari

Spanish

Etymology

Clipping of amigo or amiga.

Noun

ami m or f by sense (plural amis)

1. (colloquial) friend; bud

Further reading

• “ami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Alternative forms

• amu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

ami class IX (plural ami class X)

1. paternal uncle

Coordinate terms

• mjomba (“maternal uncle”)

Tacana

Noun

ami

1. blood

Tangam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈami/

Noun

ami

1. person

References

• Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, compare Malay kami.

Pronoun

ami

1. we

Further reading

• Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English army.

Noun

ami

1. army

Warao

Noun

ami

1. louse

Yámana

Noun

ami

1. needle

Yeyi

Noun

ami

1. water

References

• Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• اَمِ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.mĩ̀/

Noun

àmì

1. sign, mark, symbol

   Àmì ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ òjò rírọ̀ ni awọ àwọsánmà tó ń bẹ lójú ọ̀run ― The sign of incoming rain is the colour of the clouds in the sky

Derived terms

• àmì ayò (“point, score”)
• àmì ẹ̀yẹ (“award, medal”)
• àmì fàágùn (“composite tone mark”)
• àmì ohùn (“tonal marks”)
• àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”)
• àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising-tone mark”)
• àmì ohùn àárín (“mid-tone mark”)
• àmì ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low-tone mark”)
• àmì ohùn òkè (“high-tone mark”)
• àmì ọ̀pá àṣẹ ìpínlẹ̀ (“state coat of arms”)
• àmì ìbéèrè (“question mark”)
• àmì ìdánimọ̀ (“badge”)
• àmì ìràwọ̀ (“asterisk”)
• àmì ìròpọ̀ (“plus sign”)

Etymology 2

From English amen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) when used by Yoruba Christians, it is invoked with the Anglo-Christian meaning in mind. Also from Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), from Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ (ʾāmēn) or Aramaic אַמִין (ʾāmēn), possibly via Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn) when used by Yoruba Muslims, it is invoked with the Arabic meaning in mind.

Alternative forms

• àmín

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.mĩ́/

Interjection

àmí

1. (Christianity) amen
2. (Islam) amin, ameen

Related terms

• àṣẹ (“let it be so so, may it be so”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.mĩ́/

Noun

amí

1. spy

   Synonyms: aṣamí, alamí

Zia

Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *amu.

Noun

ami

1. breast