naame

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• nem (Föhr-Amrum, Sylt)

Etymology

From Old Frisian nema.

Verb

naame

1. (Mooring) to take

Conjugation

Conjugation of naame (Mooring dialect)

infinitive I	naame
infinitive II	(tu) naamen
infinitive III	än nam
past participle	nümen
imperative	nam
	present	past
1st-person singular	nam	nüm
2nd-person singular	namst	nümst
3rd-person singular	namt	nüm
plural	naame	nümen
	perfect	pluperfect
1st-person singular	hääw nümen	häi nümen
2nd-person singular	hääst nümen	häist nümen
3rd-person singular	heet nümen	häi nümen
plural	hääwe nümen	häin nümen
	future (schale)	future (wårde)
1st-person singular	schal naame	wård naame
2nd-person singular	schäät naame	wårst naame
3rd-person singular	schal naame	wårt naame
plural	schan naame	wårde naame

Yola

Alternative forms

• naume, name

Etymology

From Middle English name, from Old English nama, from Proto-West Germanic *namō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔːm/

Noun

naame

1. name
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 86:

     Yith w'had any lhuck, oor naame wode b' zung,

     If we had any luck, our name would have been sung

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 58