amu

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

English

Noun

amu (plural amus)

  1. Abbreviation of atomic mass unit.

Anagrams

Ama

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɒˈmúː/

Noun

amu

  1. nose

Amanab

Adverb

amu

  1. yesterday

Annobonese

Pronoun

amu

  1. I first-person singular pronoun

References

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

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

amu first-singular present indicative (past participle avutã)

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

Conjugation

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

Asturian

Etymology

Compare Spanish amo.

Noun

amu m (plural amos)

  1. owner, master
  2. boss

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamo.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

amu ?

  1. (fishing) hook (for fishing)

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

amù

  1. master

Noun

amû

  1. monkey

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

amu

  1. imperative of ami

Higaonon

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano amo.

Noun

amù

  1. monkey

Japanese

Romanization

amu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あむ

Jumaytepeque

Noun

amu

  1. spider

References

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

Kambera

Etymology

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

Noun

amu

  1. root

Karekare

Noun

àmù

  1. water

References

  • 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

Verb

amu

  1. first-person singular present indicative of amare

Mi'kmaq

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.mu/, [amu]

Noun

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

  1. bee

References

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

Further reading

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

Quechua

Adjective

amu

  1. mute, dumb

Noun

amu

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

Declension

Rayón Zoque

Noun

amu

  1. spider

Derived terms

  • amutake

References

  • 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) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 3

Romanian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈmu]

Adverb

amu

  1. now
    Synonyms: acu, acum, acuma

References

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin hamus. Compare Italian amo.

Noun

amu

  1. hook (for fishing), fishhook

Sicilian

Verb

amu

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

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

amu (n class, plural amu)

  1. Alternative form of ami

Tausug

Etymology

Akin to Cebuano amo.

Noun

amu

  1. monkey

Veps

Etymology

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

Adverb

amu

  1. long (a long time ago)
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