ames

ames

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ames"

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present indicative of amar

Galician

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Kabyle

Root
m-s (filth)
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔməs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aməs/

Verb

ames (verbal noun ammus)

  1. to be dirty, to be filthy
    Umsen iḍarren-iw.My feet are dirty.

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂em- (to grasp-). See also ampla (handle).

Pronunciation

Noun

ames m (genitive amitis); third declension

  1. a pole; a fork for spreading nets
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants
  • Galician: andas
  • Old Spanish: andes

Etymology 2

Verb

amēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amō

References

  • ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ames", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ames”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Spanish

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Tarifit

Root
m-s
1 term

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber *ăʔməs.

Pronunciation

  • (Nador) IPA(key): [ɛməs]

Verb

ames (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙ) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. to stain, to soil, to dirty
  2. to be stained, to be soiled, to be dirty
  3. to coat, to apply, to smear
  4. to be coated, to be applied, to be smeared

Conjugation

Conjugation of ames
aorist perfective negative perfective imperfective negative imperfective
participle yamsen yumsen yumisen itamsen itimsen
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aorist m amseɣ tamsed yames names tamsem amsen
f tames tamsent amsent
perfective m umseɣ tumsed yumes numes tumsem umsen
f tumes tumsent umsent
negative perfective m umiseɣ tumised yumis numis tumisem umisen
f tumis tumisent umisent
imperfective m tamseɣ ttamsed itames ntames ttamsem tamsen
f ttames ttamsent tamsent
negative imperfective m timseɣ ttimsed itimes ntimes ttimsem timsen
f ttimes ttimsent timsent
aorist imperative m ames amsem, amset
f amsent
imperfective imperative m tames tamsem, tamset
f tamsent

References

  • Serhoual (2002)
  • Abarrou (2024)