See also: aamu, AMU, amú, amʊ, āmǔ, âm u, and ậm ừ

Translingual

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amu

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

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English

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Noun

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amu (plural amus)

  1. Abbreviation of atomic mass unit.

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Noun

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amu

  1. nose

Amanab

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Adverb

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amu

  1. yesterday

Annobonese

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Pronoun

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amu

  1. I first-person singular pronoun

References

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  • Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
  • John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Aromanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin habeō (to have, hold). Compare Daco-Romanian avea, am.

Verb

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amu first-singular present indicative (past participle avutã)

  1. to have
  2. (auxiliary, with past participles to form perfect tense) to have ...

Conjugation

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past participle avutã
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
mine/mini tine/tini nãs, nãsã/nãsa noi voi nãsh, nãse/nãsi
present amu, am ai ari, are avemu, avem avetsi, avets au
imperfect aveam aveai avea, avia aveam aveatsi avea
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Asturian

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Etymology

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Compare Spanish amo.

Noun

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amu m (plural amos)

  1. owner, master
  2. boss

Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish hamo.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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amu ?

  1. (fishing) hook (for fishing)

Dibabawon Manobo

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Pronunciation 1

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Noun

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amù

  1. master

Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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amû

  1. monkey

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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amu

  1. imperative of ami

Higaonon

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Etymology

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Akin to Cebuano amo.

Noun

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amù

  1. monkey

Japanese

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Romanization

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amu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あむ

Jumaytepeque

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Noun

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amu

  1. spider

References

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  • Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

Kambera

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ʀamut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ʀamut (fibrous roots).

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amu

  1. root

Kamkata-viri

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Nuristani *amākā, probably from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dmáH (at home), from Proto-Indo-European *démh₁, locative singular of *dṓm.

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amu f (Eastern Kata-viri, Western Kata-viri)[1][2]

  1. house
  2. room

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā (soul, spirit), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (breath, spirit), from *h₁eh₁t- (to breathe) +‎ *-mō.

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amu (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)[1]

  1. self

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Strand, Richard F. (2016) “âm′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[1]
  2. ^ https://iecor.clld.org/values/314-214-1

Karekare

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Noun

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àmù

  1. water

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  • 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]: WCh. *hama [Stl.]: AS *ham (Gmy. *hām) [GT 2004, 153] = *am [Stl. 1977] = *ham [Dlg.] = *ham [Stl. 1987]: [] Krkr. àmù [Schuh], []

Leonese

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Verb

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amu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amare

Mi'kmaq

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Etymology

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Likely from Proto-Algonquian *a·mo·wa.[1]

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Noun

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amu anim (plural amu'g, obviative amu'l)

  1. bee

References

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  1. ^ Hewson, John (2017) “*a·mo·wa”, in Proto-Algonquian Online Dictionary, Carleton University, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

Further reading

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  • amu”, in Mi'gmaq/Mi'kmaq Online Talking Dictionary[2], 1997–2024

Quechua

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Adjective

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amu

  1. mute, dumb

Noun

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amu

  1. mute person
  2. lord
  3. fertilizer, manure

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Rayón Zoque

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Noun

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amu

  1. spider

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References

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  • Harrison, Roy, B. de Harrison, Margaret, López Juárez, Francisco, Ordoñes, Cosme (1984) Vocabulario zoque de Rayón (Serie de diccionarios y vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 28)‎[3] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Romanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ad modo (compare Dalmatian jamo (now), Aromanian amo, acmo). Informal counterpart to acum.

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Adverb

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amu

  1. now
    Synonyms: acu, acum, acuma

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Sardinian

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Etymology

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From Latin hamus. Compare Italian amo.

Noun

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amu

  1. hook (for fishing), fishhook

Sicilian

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Verb

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amu

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

Swahili

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Noun

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amu class IX (plural amu class X)

  1. Alternative form of ami

Tausug

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Etymology

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Compare Cebuano mao.

Pronunciation

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  • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /ʔamu/ [ʔɑˈmu]
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Syllabification: a‧mu

Adjective

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amu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَمُ)

  1. right; accurate; true; correct
    Bukun amu in hinang mu.
    You didn't do your work right.

Particle

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amu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَمُ)

  1. the very one, the very thing, the only one (Sometimes seems to mark something seriously referred or referring to something or someone being talked about, equivalent to Cebuano mao ra).
    Amu na siya in bantug mangungubat.
    He is the very one who is the famous healer.

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *ammo-, probably from Proto-Uralic *ammi. Cognates include Finnish ammoin.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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amu

  1. long (a long time ago)
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