enam

See also: ĕnam and ēnām

English

Noun

enam (plural enams)

1. Alternative form of inam

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *enämpi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈenɑm/, [ˈenɑm]
• Rhymes: -enɑm
• Hyphenation: e‧nam

Adverb

enam (not comparable)

1. comparative degree of palju: more than ((of quantity) in greater quantity or degree compared to something)

   Synonym: rohkem

   Antonym: vähem

   Kuupileteid müüdi enam kui tuhat.

   More than a thousand monthly tickets were sold.

2. (in a negative sentence) again, anymore

   Synonym: rohkem

   Ära tule enam minu juurde!

   Don't come to me again!

   Vihma enam ei saja.

   It's not raining anymore.

3. rather, instead (indicating preference)

   Synonyms: enne, parem, pigem, pigemini, rohkem

   Mulle sobib enam viski.

   I prefer whiskey.

References

• enam in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “enam”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN

Iban

Iban cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : enam     Ordinal : keenam

Alternative forms

• nam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Numeral

enam

1. six

Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : enam

Etymology

Inherited from Malay enam, from Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əˈnam/ [əˈnam]
  • Rhymes: -am
  • Syllabification: e‧nam
• (in fast speech) IPA^(key): /ˈnam/ [ˈnam]
  • Rhymes: -am

• Audio:

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Numeral

ênam

1. six

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : enam

Alternative forms

• ĕnam, anam, ănam, nam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ənam/

• Audio (Malaysia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -am

Numeral

enam (Jawi spelling انم)

1. six

Descendants

• Indonesian: enam
• North Moluccan Malay: anam

References

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎^[2], Canberra: The Australian National University
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*enem”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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

Teop

Pronoun

enam

1. we (first person plural subject personal pronoun)

Further reading

• http://corpus1.mpi.nl/media-archive/dobes_data/Teop/Teop_Language_Corpus/Literature/Legends/Legends_open_/Annotations/Iar_2_G.pdfS
• https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185153/http://www.ioling.org/booklets/iol-2012-indiv-sol.en.pdf