A baked ham (cured thigh of hog) Inherited fromMiddle English hamme Old English hamm ( “ inner or hind part of the knee, ham ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hamō *hammō *hanmō Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m ( “ leg ” ) .
Cognate withDutch ham ( “ ham ” ) , dialectalGerman Hamme ( “ hind part of the knee, ham ” ) , dialectalSwedish ham ( “ the hind part of the knee ” ) ,Icelandic höm ( “ the ham or haunch of a horse ” ) ,Old Irish cnáim ( “ bone ” ) ,Ancient Greek κνήμη ( knḗmē ,“ shinbone ” ) . Comparegammon gam
ham (countable anduncountable plural hams
( anatomy ) knee joint ; thepopliteal space; thehock .( countable ) thigh andbuttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.( uncountable ) hog cured for food.a little piece ofham for the cat
2012 A King's Daughter ,→ISBN She put someham in the beans and cut up some sweet potatoes to boil.
The back of the thigh. ( Internet , informal , uncommon ) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is notspam orjunk mail .Synonym: ham e-mail Antonym: spam region back of the knee joint
Bulgarian:бедро́ (bg) n ( bedró ) Danish:knæhase c hase (da) c Dutch:knieboog m Esperanto:poplito Faroese:knæsbót f Finnish:polvitaive (fi) ,kinnerkoukku (fi) Galician:sofraxe f xoga f German:Kniekehle (de) f Greek:Ancient:ἰγνύα f ( ignúa ) ,κώληψ f ( kṓlēps ) Ido:poplito (io) Japanese:膝裏 ( ひざうら, hizaura ) ,膕 (ja) ( ひかがみ, hikagami ) ,膝窩 (ja) ( しっか, shikka ) Latvian:gurns m Norwegian:Bokmål:knehase (no) m knesbot f hombot f Nynorsk:knehase m knesbot f hombot f Old English:hamm f Persian:چفته (fa) ( čafte ) ,چفتهٔ زانو ( čafte-ye zânu ) Polish:golonka (pl) f Russian:бедро́ (ru) n ( bedró ) ,ля́жка (ru) f ( ljážka ) Scottish Gaelic:sliasaid f Spanish:corva (es) f West Frisian:hokse ?
thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat
thigh of a hog cured for food
Afrikaans:ham (af) Arabic:هَام m ( hām ) Armenian:ազդրապուխտ ( azdrapuxt ) ,խոզապուխտ (hy) ( xozapuxt ) ,ապուխտ (hy) ( apuxt ) Asturian:xamón m pernil (ast) m Azerbaijani:vetçina Belarusian:вяндлі́на f ( vjandlína ) ,шы́нка f ( šýnka ) Bikol Central:hamon Bulgarian:шу́нка f ( šúnka ) Catalan:pernil (ca) m Cebuano:hamon Chinese:Cantonese:火腿 ( fo2 teoi2 ) Hokkien:火腿 (zh-min-nan) ( hóe-thúi, hé-thúi ) Mandarin:火腿 (zh) ( huǒtuǐ ) Cornish:mordhos hogh f Czech:šunka (cs) f Danish:skinke (da) c Dutch:ham (nl) m hesp (nl) f ( Belgium ) Esperanto:ŝinko Estonian:sink (et) Faroese:svínstjógv n svínatjógv n Finnish:kinkku (fi) French:jambon (fr) m Galician:xamón (gl) m lacón (gl) m Georgian:შაშხი ( šašxi ) German:Schinken (de) m Greek:χοιρομέρι (el) n ( choiroméri ) ,ζαμπόν (el) n ( zampón ) Ancient:κωλῆ f ( kōlê ) ,κωλήν f ( kōlḗn ) Hebrew:שִׁינְקֵן (he) m ( shínken ) ,שִׁינְקֵה f ( shínke ) Hiligaynon:hamon Hungarian:sonka (hu) Icelandic:skinka (is) f Indonesian:ham (id) Irish:liamhás (ga) m Italian:prosciutto (it) m Japanese:ハム (ja) ( hamu ) Kazakh:жамбас ( jambas ) Korean:햄 (ko) ( haem ) Kyrgyz:ветчина (ky) ( vetcina ) Latin:perna f Latvian:šķiņķis m Ligurian:xambun m xambon m Limburgish:sjink (li) f Lithuanian:kum̃pis (lt) m Lombard:giambón ? Luxembourgish:Ham f Macedonian:шунка f ( šunka ) Maltese:perżuta f Maori:wāmu hamu Mongolian:утсан мах ( utsan max ) Navajo:bisóodi bijáád Norwegian:Bokmål:skinke m or f Nynorsk:skinke f Persian:ژامبون (fa) ( žâmbon ) Polish:szynka (pl) f Portuguese:presunto (pt) m ( Brazil ) ,pernil (pt) m ( Portugal ) Romanian:șuncă (ro) f Russian:о́корок (ru) m ( ókorok ) ,ветчина́ (ru) f ( vetčiná ) ,хамо́н (ru) m ( xamón ) ( Spanish style ) Scottish Gaelic:sliasaid f Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:шу̑нка f Roman:šȗnka (sh) f Slovak:šunka f Slovene:šunka (sl) f Spanish:jamón (es) m Swahili:hemu ? Swedish:skinka (sv) c Tagalog:hamon Tajik:ветчина ( vetčina ) Taos:xomúnenemą Thai:แฮม (th) ( hɛm ) Turkish:jambon (tr) Turkmen:skin Ukrainian:о́корок (uk) m ( ókorok ) ,ши́нка (uk) f ( šýnka ) ,о́кіст (uk) m ( ókist ) Uzbek:goʻshti (uz) Vietnamese:giăm bông (vi) Waray-Waray:hamon Welsh:ham (cy) m cig moch (cy) m Yiddish:שינקע f ( shinke ) ,וועטשינאַ f ( vetshina )
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Derived fromOld English hām
ham (uncountable
Obsolete form ofhome Persists in many old place names, such asBuckingham Uncertain, though it is generally agreed upon that it first appeared in print around the 1880s. At least four theories persist:
It came naturally from the wordamateur . Deemed likely by Hendrickson (1997), but then the question would be why it took so long to pop up. He rejects the folk etymology of Cockney slanghamateur because it originated in American English.[ 1] From the playHamlet From the minstrel's practice of using ham fat to remove heavy black makeup used during performances.[ 2] Shortened fromhamfatter ( “ inferior actor ” ) , said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show songThe Ham-fat Man .[ 3] ham (plural hams
( acting ) overacting oramateurish performer ; anactor with an especiallyshowy orexaggerated style.Synonyms: hambone hamfatter overactor tear-cat 2023 June 13,Dwight Garner , quotingJames Wood , “Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89”, inThe New York Times [1] →ISSN Writing in The New Yorker in 2005, James Wood praised Mr. McCarthy as “a colossally gifted writer” and “one of the greathams of American prose, who delights in producing a histrionic rhetoric that brilliantly ventriloquizes the King James Bible, Shakespearean and Jacobean tragedy, Melville, Conrad, and Faulkner.”
( radio ) amateur radio operator .Synonym: radio amateur actor with an exaggerating style
ham (third-person singular simple present hams present participle hamming simple past and past participle hammed
( acting ) overact ; to act withexaggerated emotions.Synonyms: chew the scenery ham it up melodramatize overact tear a cat ^ Hendrickson, Robert (1997 )The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins , New York: Facts on File,→ISBN ^ Morris, William (1988 )Morris dictionary of word and phrase origins , New York: Harper & Row,→ISBN ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025 ) “ham ”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary Inherited fromDutch ham Middle Dutch hamme Old Dutch [Term?] , fromProto-Germanic *hammō Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m ( “ leg ” ) .
IPA (key ) : /ɦam/ Hyphenation:ham ham (plural hamme diminutive hammetjie
ham ( cured pork from the thigh of a swine ) Caribbean Hindustani [ edit ] Cognate withHindi हम ( ham ,“ we ” ) .
ham
I Beknopt Nederland-Sarnami Woordenboek met Sarnami Hindoestani-Nederlanse Woordenlijst [2] 2002 Derived fromLatin hamus
ham m plural hams
fishhook Derived fromEnglish ham Middle English hamme Old English hamm ( “ inner or hind part of the knee, ham ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hamō *hammō *hanmō Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m ( “ leg ” ) .
ham
ham ( meat from the thigh of ahog cured for food ) Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami Proto-Austronesian *kami Indonesian kami Tagalog kami
ham
we ,us (exclusive)Donald M. Topping (1973 )Chamorro Reference Grammar [3] (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ham
( Hong Kong Cantonese , slang , euphemistic ) die Dialectal synonyms of
死 (“to die”)
[map] Variety Location Words Classical Chinese 死 亡 歿 卒 Formal(Written Standard Chinese ) 死 死亡 亡故 喪生 喪命 去世 † 過世 † 逝世 † 離世 † 下世 † 不在 † 過去 † 仙逝 † 歸天 † 歸西 † 升天 † 作古 † 長眠 † 閉眼 † 故去 †, ‡ 故世 †, ‡ 一命嗚呼 謝世 離開人間 Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 死 撂 撂條 故去 † 吹燈 † 吹燈拔蠟 † 吹臺 † 老 †, ‡ 踹腿 ¤ 踹腿兒 ¤ 踹 ¤ 回姥姥家 ¤ 彎回去 † 毛兒提 Hui Taiwan 死 過世 † Harbin 死 老 †, ‡ 伸腿兒 ¤ 伸腿 ¤ 蹬腿兒 ¤ 奔兒咕 ¤ 桿兒屁 § 桿兒細 § 吹燈拔蠟 Singapore 死 死掉 死翹翹 過世 † 去世 † 上天堂 † 賣鹹鴨蛋 † Jilu Mandarin Jinan 死 歿 過去 † 老 †, ‡ 不在 †, ‡ 王八 § 完蛋 完錢 完活 無常 Hui 歸主 Hui 歸真 Hui Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai(Muping) 死 老 †, ‡ 上西天 § Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 死 過去 過世 下世 亡故 不在 升天 去世 † 老 †, ‡ 擱那兒 ¤ Wanrong 死 歿 老 †, ‡ Xi'an 死 不在 † 老 †, ‡ 無常 Hui Xining 歿 Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 死 走 † 歿 Hui 歸真 Hui 冒提 Hui 口喚 Hui 無常 Hui 完 Hui Lanzhou 死 過世 † 緩下 † 躺下 † Ürümqi 死 過世 † 不在 † Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 死 過去 † 不在 † 去 † 過世 † 老 †, ‡ 撬桿兒 § 撬桿 § 翹辮子 § 見馬克思 歸天 去陰國 爬高煙囪 落氣 冰凊 沒脈 Wuhan 死 過身 † 去 † 老 †, ‡ 去回 ¤ 翹辮子 ¤ 翹 ¤ 瓜碼子 ¤ 瓜 ¤ 西皮 Guiyang 死 過世 † 成神 †, ‡ 百年歸天 †, ‡ 嗚呼 ¤ Guilin 死 Liuzhou 死 沒得脈 過世 † 過身 † 沒在 † 哦嚄 Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 死 過世 † 歸天 †, ‡ 不在 † 嗝兒得 ¤ 翹辮子 ¤ Yangzhou 死 不在 † 走 † 家去吃去 ¤ 家去 ¤ 翹辮子 ¤ 翹 ¤ 駝條 § Hefei 死 不在 † 老 † Cantonese Guangzhou 死 過身 † 過世 † 老 †, ‡ 百年歸老 †, ‡ 去別有天 †, ¤ 去大煙筒 †, ¤ 瓜 ¤ 瓜老襯 ¤ 收檔 ¤ 攞竇 ¤ 進竇 § 瓜竇 直 瓜直 死直 攤直 雙腳撐直 伸直腳 拉柴 瓜柴 褸席 歸西 歸天 食黃泥 入黃泥窿 入窿 玩完 嫌米貴 瞇埋眼 一 argot 唔食廣東米 Hong Kong 死 過身 † 走 † 香 † 去 † 唔喺度 † 百年歸老 † 賣鹹鴨蛋 † 兩腳一伸 † 仙遊 † 拜拜 † 去閻羅王處報到 † 瓜 ¤ 瓜老襯 ¤ 拉柴 瓜柴 釘蓋 釘 直 歸西 玩完 ham Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) 過身 Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) 過身 Hong Kong(Ting Kok) 過身 死 Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) 過身 Macau 過身 去 Guangzhou(Panyu) 過身 死 Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) 死 Guangzhou(Conghua) 過身 死 Guangzhou(Zengcheng) 去歸 過身 Foshan 過身 死 Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) 死 過身 Foshan(Shunde) 過身 Foshan(Sanshui) 過身 Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) 死 Zhongshan(Shiqi) 過身 Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 死 Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 過身 死 Zhuhai(Doumen) 死 過身 Jiangmen(Baisha) 過身 死 Jiangmen(Xinhui) 死 過身 Taishan 死 善 去 Kaiping(Chikan) 死 登仙 Enping(Niujiang) 過身 死 Heshan(Yayao) 死 Dongguan 死 老 † 去返 † 去舊時嗰處 † 視埋眼 † 伸直腳 † 入罌 † 拉柴 § 去大煙筒 § Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) 死 過身 Yangjiang 死 過輩 † 老 †, ‡ 老大 †, ‡ Singapore(Guangfu) 死 過身 † Gan Nanchang 死 過世 † 老 † Lichuan 死 Pingxiang 死 過 † 走路 † 老 †, ‡ 去 Hakka Meixian 死 老 過身 † 消 † 老壽 †, ‡ Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) 過身 香 † Dongguan(Qingxi) 過身 死 Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 死 過身 Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) 死 Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) 死 過身 Yudu 死 過世 † 過套 † 過身 † 轉去 † 轉該背 † 歸仙 † 轉老外婆裡 ¤ Miaoli(N. Sixian) 死 消 過身 † 往生 † 上神桌 † 轉長山賣鴨卵 † Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) 死 消 過身 † 往生 † 上神桌 † 轉長山賣鴨卵 † Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) 死 消 過身 † 往生 † 上神桌 † 轉長山賣鴨卵 † Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) 死 消 過身 † 往生 † 上神桌 † 轉長山賣鴨卵 † Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) 死 消 過身 † 往生 † 上神桌 † 轉長山賣鴨卵 † Miaoli(Zhuolan; Raoping) 消 Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) 死 過身 † 上神桌 † 轉長山賣鴨卵 † Hong Kong 過身 老 Huizhou Jixi 死 過世 † 過輩 † 過身 † 不在 † 過老 § 過邊 § 進棺材 § 進風水 § 翹扁 §, ¤ Jin Taiyuan 死 沒啦 † 走 † 過去 † 老 †, ‡ 老客 †, ‡ Xinzhou 死 回老家 † 硬 § 㞗朝天 of a man, vulgar 倒蕎麥皮 Northern Min Jian'ou 死 過身 † 老 †, ‡ Eastern Min Fuzhou 死 過去 † 過世 † 過後 † 歸西 † 百歲 † 老去 †, ‡ 堯街去 ¤ 堯生去 ¤ 溜翹 ¤ 殂 ¤ 去算米數 ¤ 去外媽食齋 ¤ 去外媽 ¤ 去䁐廬山 ¤ 去厝去 ¤ 睏長暝眠 ¤ 翹齋 ¤ 揭兜去 ¤ 拔直去 ¤ 上天去 ¤ 生去 ¤ 𣪟去 ¤ 䁐松柏樹 ¤ 䁐松柏 ¤ 轉祖 § Southern Min Xiamen 死 過身 † 過氣 † 百歲 † 百年 † 百歲年老 † 行去 † 無去 † 㾀 † 去塗州賣鴨卵 † 老去 †, ‡ 老咯 †, ‡ 蟯 ¤ 蟯歹 ¤ 蟯癱 ¤ 行雞 ¤ 馬滴 § Quanzhou 死 過身 † 過氣 † 百歲 † 百年 † 無去 † 去塗州賣鴨卵 † 老去 †, ‡ 老咯 †, ‡ 行雞 ¤ 馬滴 § Yongchun 死 過身 † 老去 † Zhangzhou 死 過身 † 過氣 † 百歲 † 百年 † 百歲年老 † 行去 † 無去 † 起身 † 去塗州賣鴨卵 † 老去 †, ‡ 老咯 †, ‡ 蟯 ¤ 蟯歹 ¤ 蟯癱 ¤ 行雞 ¤ 誆牽 § 㾀 § 㾀歹 § 馬滴 § Taipei 死去 老 † 過身 † New Taipei(Sanxia) 死去 老去 † 往生 † 過身 † Kaohsiung 死去 老去 † 行去 † 往生 † 無佇咧 † 過身 † 轉去 † Yilan 死去 老去 † 往生 † 無佇咧 † 過身 † 過往 † Changhua(Lukang) 死去 老 † 無去 † 過身 † 轉去 † Taichung 死去 往生 † 過身 † Tainan 死去 老去 † 行去 † 往生 † 無佇咧 † 過身 † 轉去 † 去塗州賣鴨卵 † 去蘇州賣鴨卵 † 轉去塗州賣鴨卵 † 轉去蘇州賣鴨卵 † Hsinchu 曲去 去咯 † 往生 † 過身 † 老去 † Kinmen 死去 往生 † 過身 † 行去 † Penghu(Magong) 死去 往生 † 過身 † 老去 † Singapore(Hokkien) 死 馬滴 死翹翹 過身 † 百年 † 百歲 † 過氣 † 起車 † 老去 † 老咯 † 行去 † 蟯去 † 吭跤翹 † 交登記 † Manila(Hokkien) 死 死去 過面 † 過身 † 老去 † Chaozhou 死 過身 † 過世 † Jieyang 過身 吭跤翹 吭翹 Singapore(Teochew) 死 過身 Leizhou 死 過世 † 過輩 † 過目焗 ¤ 直筒 § 刮薯減米 § Haikou 死 過層 †, ‡ 老 †, ‡ 貓使 § Singapore(Hainanese) 死 Zhongshan Min Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) 死 Southern Pinghua Nanning(Tingzi) 死 瓜老襯 過世 歸西 Wu Shanghai 死 故 † 過世 † 嘸沒 † 一腳去 † 翹辮子 §, ¤ 彈老三 § 翹老三 § Shanghai(Chongming) 死 老 † 故 † 翹辮子 ¤ Suzhou 死 壞 去 過世 † 翹辮子 § Danyang 死 Hangzhou 死 故 † 過世 † 翹辮兒 ¤ 到龍駒塢去 Ningbo 死 翹辮子 § 過世 † 嘸沒 † 死 脫 § 燂茶 山裡去 吃豆腐羹 嘸沒 來的 † 老 † Wenzhou 死 冇 † 過輩 †, ‡ 蹻 ¤ Jinhua 死 過世 † 過輩 † 弗在 † 老 †, ‡ Xiang Changsha 死 過 † 去 † 瓜 彈 彈四郎 Loudi 死 過世 † 故 † 上岸 † Shuangfeng 死 過世 † 故 † Hengyang 死 Note † - euphemistic; ‡ - usually of the elderly; ¤ - humorous; § - derogatory/disrespectful
IPA (key ) : [ˈɦam] Hyphenation:ham ham
nom ( indicating the action of eating ) “ham ”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957 “ham ”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989 “ham ”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025 Inherited fromOld Norse hamr Proto-Germanic *hamaz *hamô
ham c singular definite hammen plural indefinite hamme
slough ,skin Olderhannem Old Norse hǫnum hann ( “ he ” ) . CompareSwedish honom
ham
( personal ) him :objective ofhan Inherited fromMiddle Dutch hamme Old Dutch *hama Proto-Germanic *hammō Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m ( “ leg ” ) .
ham f plural hammen diminutive hammetje n
ham ( cured pork from the thigh of a swine ) Derived fromHindi हम ( ham ,“ we, I ” ) .
ham
I (1st person singular personal pronoun)Ham khelegaa!I will play!Cognate withGerka ram ( “ water ” ) .
ham
water Roger Blench,Ron Comparative Wordlist Takács, Gábor (2007 )Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN 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]: [ …] Ron *ham [GT]: Fyer & Bks. & DB & Sha ham, Klr. ˀaàm [ …] Václav Blažek,A Lexicostatistical comparison of Omotic languages , inIn Hot Pursuit of Language in Prehistory: Essays in the four fields of anthropology , page 122 ham
( reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative ofhaver Apronunciation spelling ofhaben
ham
( colloquial ) Contraction ofhaben Wirham grad gefrühstückt. ―We've just had breakfast. Usually used in the present or to form the perfect, though it may be seen in the infinitive as well. See also the note athaben
ham m
h-prothesized form ofam ham
Latin spelling ofჰამ ( ham ) Inherited fromOld English ham hamm ( “ enclosure ” ) , fromProto-West Germanic *hamm Proto-Germanic *hammaz
ham plural hammes
Anenclosed pasture . ham plural hames
Alternative form ofhamme ( “ back of the knee ” ) ham
Alternative form ofhem ( “ them ” ) Inherited fromOld English heom
ham
( Early Middle English ) Alternative form ofhem ( “ them ” ) c1225 ,Þe Liflade ant te Passiun of Seinte Iuliene , ed. S. T. R. O. d'Ardenne, pp. 3-71.[Juliana] custeham coss os peis [Roy: acos of pes] alle as ha stoden. ham plural hamen or hames
( Early Middle English , Northern) Alternative form ofhom ( “ home ” ) ham m plural hams
village Cognate withMwaghavul am ( “ water ” ) .
hàm
water Takács, Gábor (2007 )Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN 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]: [ …] Tal hàm [Jng./JI], Mnt. hàm "Wasser" [Jng. 1965, 171], [ …] ham
( Föhr-Amrum , Mooring ) Object case ofhi :him ,himself ( Föhr-Amrum , Mooring ) Object case ofhat :it ,( in practice chiefly ) itself ( Föhr-Amrum ) Object case ofhat :her ,herself The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic ; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions.Dü At reflexive use, only full object forms occur.Dual formswat / onk jat / jonk jü / hör Independent possessives are distinguished from attributive ones only with plural referents. The formsüsens ,jamens ,hörens The reduced forms with an apostrophe areenclitic ; they immediately follow verbs or conjunctions.Dü Et hat reflexive use, only full object forms occur.wat / unk jat / junk
Inherited fromOld Norse hann
ham
him Inherited fromOld Norse hamr
ham m definite singular hammen indefinite plural hammer definite plural hammene
skin orslough ( discarded skin of certain animals ) “ham” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .“ham_1” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).“ham_2” inDet Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB ).Derived fromOld Norse hamr
ham m definite singular hamen indefinite plural hamar definite plural hamane
skin orslough ( discarded skin of certain animals ) “ham” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .Inherited fromProto-West Germanic *haim Proto-Germanic *haimaz
hām m
home The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Ōsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþehām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃. Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after cominghome from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October. c. 992 ,Ælfric ,"The Assumption of St. John the Apostle" Ða het se apostol ða bære settan, and cwæð, "Min Drihten, Hælend Crist! Arære ðe, Drusiana; aris, and ġecyrrhām , and gearca ús gereordunge on þinum hūse." Drusiana þa arás swilce of slæpe awreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse,hām gewende. Then the apostle bade them set down the bier, and said, "My Lord, Jesus Christ! Raise thee, Drusiana; arise, and returnhome , and prepare refection for us in thy house." Drusiana then arose as if from sleep awakened, and, mindful of the apostle's command, returnedhome . property ,estate ,farm late 10th century ,Ælfric ,"Saint Maur, Abbot" ...and forġeaf sumnehām tō þǣre hālgan stōwe... ...and gave certainproperty to the holy place... village ;community In early Old English, the dative singular was alwayshām , not the expected formhāme . Strong a-stem:
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home ,homeward hām gānto gohome hām cumanto comehome hām ċierranto turnhome hām bringanto bringhome Inherited fromProto-Germanic *hammaz Old Frisian ham Middle Low German hamme Low German Hamm
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Alternative form ofhamm ( “ enclosure ” ) Inherited fromProto-Germanic *hammō
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Alternative form ofhamm ( “ inner knee ” ) Inherited fromProto-West Germanic *ham Proto-Germanic *hamaz ( “ covering ” ) . Cognate withOld Norse hamr
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covering garment ,dress ,gown ;shirt Stronga -stem:
Borrowed fromFrankish *haim ( “ home, village ” ) .
ham oblique singular , m oblique plural hans nominative singular hans nominative plural ham
village Ēn hām. Inherited fromProto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Old Saxon hēm
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home Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009 )An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary , Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company,→ISBN 28 ham
accusative / dative singular ofhamr ham
work Borrowed fromHungarian hám
ham n plural hamuri
harness Onomatopoeic .
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woof ( the sound a barking dog makes ) Cognate withGerka ram ( “ water ” ) .
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( most dialects , including Mangar, Bokkos, Daffo-Butura, Shagawu ) water Roger Blench,Ron Comparative Wordlist Takács, Gábor (2007 )Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN 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]: [ …] Ron *ham [GT]: Fyer & Bks. & DB & Sha ham, Klr. ˀaàm [ …] Borrowed fromHungarian hám
hȃm m Cyrillic spelling ха̑м
harness Cognate withGerka ram ( “ water ” ) .
ham
water Cognate withMwaghavul am ( “ water ” ) .
hàm
water Takács, Gábor (2007 )Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian , volume 3, Leiden: Brill,→ISBN 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]: [ …] Tal hàm [Jng./JI], Mnt. hàm "Wasser" [Jng. 1965, 171], [ …] Cognate withGerka ram ( “ water ” ) .
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water Derived fromPersian خام ( xâm ) .
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raw ,unripe Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .
ham • (𫺧 ,𫻎
greedy eager ;keen Ultimately fromProto-Germanic *hammō Thisetymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
ham c plural hammen diminutive hamke
ham “ham (II) ”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011 FromMiddle English him, hem Old English him
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him 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY :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, published1867 ,page36 
