hami

See also: Hami, Hāmì, Ha-mi, and hamı

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hæ.mi/

Pronoun

hami

1. (emphatic) we, us (exclusive)

Usage notes

• hami can be used either to emphasise the subject or object, or to give a quick answer.

See also

Chamorro personal pronouns

hu-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	hu	ta	in
2nd person	un	en
3rd person	ha	ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	yoʼ	hit	ham
2nd person	hao	hamyo
3rd person	gueʼ	siha
emphatic pronouns
	singular	plural inclusive	plural exclusive
1st person	guahu	hita	hami
2nd person	hagu	hamyo
3rd person	guiya	siha

References

• Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin) or حَمِيّ (ḥamiyy).

Adjective

hami (feminine hamie, masculine plural hamis, feminine plural hamies)

1. (slang) hot
   • 1998, “Sans faire couler le sang”, in Ketra (lyrics), Fonky Family (music), Si Dieu veut:

     L’histoire est hami
     Moi, j’suis là pour faire la fiesta

     History is mad
     Me, I am thus to make the fiesta

Japanese

Romanization

hami

1. Rōmaji transcription of はみ

Latin

Noun

hāmī

1. inflection of hāmus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Occitan

Alternative forms

• hame (Gascony)

Pronunciation

• Audio (Gascony):

  (file)

Noun

hami f (plural hamis) (Gascony)

1. desire, urge
2. hunger

Derived terms

• aver hami

 

References

• Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 77.

Rapa Nui

Noun

hami

1. loincloth

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَى (ḥamā).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-hami (infinitive kuhami)

1. to protect
2. to defend

Conjugation

Conjugation of -hami
Positive present -nahami Subjunctive -hami Negative -hami Imperative singular hami
Infinitives
Positive kuhami Negative kutohami
Imperatives
Singular hami Plural hamini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhami Positive past positive subject concord + -lihami Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhami
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahami) Singular Plural 1st person ninahami/nahami tunahami 2nd person unahami mnahami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahami wanahami other classes positive subject concord + -nahami
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hami) Singular Plural 1st person sihami hatuhami 2nd person huhami hamhami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahami hawahami other classes negative subject concord + -hami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahami Negative future negative subject concord + -tahami
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hami) Singular Plural 1st person nihami tuhami 2nd person uhami mhami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahami wahami other classes positive subject concord + -hami
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihami Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehami Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehami Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihami Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihami
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahami) Singular Plural 1st person nahami twahami 2nd person wahami mwahami 3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahami wahami m-mi(III/IV) wahami yahami ji-ma(V/VI) lahami yahami ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahami vyahami n(IX/X) yahami zahami u(XI) wahami see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwahami pa(XVI) pahami mu(XVIII) mwahami
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehami "Already" positive subject concord + -meshahami "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahami "If/When" positive subject concord + -kihami "If not" positive subject concord + -sipohami Consecutive kahami / positive subject concord + -kahami Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahami
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nihami -tuhami 2nd person -kuhami -wahami/-kuhamini/-wahamini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhami -wahami m-mi(III/IV) -uhami -ihami ji-ma(V/VI) -lihami -yahami ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihami -vihami n(IX/X) -ihami -zihami u(XI) -uhami see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuhami pa(XVI) -pahami mu(XVIII) -muhami Reflexive -jihami
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hami- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -hamiye -hamio m-mi(III/IV) -hamio -hamiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -hamilo -hamiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hamicho -hamivyo n(IX/X) -hamiyo -hamizo u(XI) -hamio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -hamiko pa(XVI) -hamipo mu(XVIII) -hamimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hami) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yehami -ohami m-mi(III/IV) -ohami -yohami ji-ma(V/VI) -lohami -yohami ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohami -vyohami n(IX/X) -yohami -zohami u(XI) -ohami see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kohami pa(XVI) -pohami mu(XVIII) -mohami
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حامی (hami), from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin, “protector”).

Noun

hami (definite accusative hamiyi, plural hamiler)

1. protector

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “hami”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حامی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 757
• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣami/

Pronoun

hami

1. we (exclusive)

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)