amat
- definitenominative/accusativeplural ofamë
Inherited fromLatinamātus, perfect passive participle ofamare(“to love”).
amat (feminineamada,masculine pluralamats,feminine pluralamades)
- beloved
amat (feminineamada,masculine pluralamats,feminine pluralamades)
- pastparticiple ofamar
Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*amat, although possible chance resemblance.
- IPA(key): /ˈʔamat/[ˈʔɐ.mɐt]
- Rhymes:-amat
- Syllabification:a‧mat
amat (Hanunoo spellingᜠᜫᜦ᜴)
- continuity;continuousness
- Conklin, Harold C. (1953)Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press,→OCLC,page27
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amat”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
amát (diminutiveamat-amat)
- gradual,step-by-step,slow
amat
- true
Amat, aku bisi meda iya.- It'strue, I have seen him.
amat
- amat
Terangamat api!- The fire isvery bright!
amat
- so
- Synonym:begitu
amat
- third-personsingularpresentactiveindicative ofamō
amāt
- (rare)third-personsingularperfectactiveindicative ofamō
Borrowing from aGermanic language, compareGermanAmt(“office”).
amat
- trade
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*amat(“continuous, unceasing”).
amat (Jawi spellingامت)
- very
- Synonyms:begitu,sangat,sungguh,sekali
Persembahan ituamat menakjubkan!- That performance was [very] amazing!
FromProto-Nahuan*aamatl. CompareClassical Nahuatlāmatl(“a kind of fig tree; paper”).
amat (pluralajamat)
- a kind offig tree (Ficus insipida)
- paper
- book,document
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amat
- paper
FromProto-Oceanic, via a form such asFijianmata orGilbertesemata.
amat
- raw
