ammu

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːu/, [ˈɑmːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːu
• Hyphenation: am‧mu

From Proto-Finnic *ammu-. Cognate with Finnish ammoin.

ammu (not comparable)

1. long ago

   Lõuna on juba ammu söödud.

   The lunch was already eaten a long time ago.

2. let alone

   Synonym: ammugi

   Pimedas ei märka lapsi jalakäijadki, ammu siis veel autojuhid.

   In the dark, not even children can spot pedestrians, let alone drivers.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmˑu/, [ˈɑmˑu]
• Rhymes: -ɑmˑu
• Hyphenation: am‧mu

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ammu

1. genitive singular of amb

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ammu

1. inflection of ammuma:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

• ammu in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “ammu”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

ammua +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːu/, [ˈɑ̝mːu]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːu
• Syllabification^(key): am‧mu
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧mu

ammu (childish)

1. moo-moo (cow)

• “ammu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːuˣ/, [ˈɑ̝mːu(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːu
• Syllabification^(key): am‧mu
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧mu

ammu

1. inflection of ampua:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːuˣ/, [ˈɑ̝mːu(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːu
• Syllabification^(key): am‧mu
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧mu

ammu

1. inflection of ammua:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present imperative connegative

• mamu, umma

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

• (Nador) IPA^(key): [ɛmːʊ]

ammu (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⵎⵓ) (Iqeřɛiyen, Eastern)

1. like this

   Synonym: amya (Western)

• Serhoual (2002)
• Abarrou (2024)