# amu
## Translingual
### Symbol

amu
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guerrero Amuzgo.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Guerrero Amuzgo terms

## English
### Noun

amu (plural amus)
* Abbreviation of atomic mass unit.

### Anagrams

* AUM, MAU, MUA, Mau, UMA, Uma, aum

## Ama
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɒˈmúː/

### Noun

amu
* nose

## Amanab
### Adverb

amu
* yesterday

## Annobonese
### Pronoun

amu
* 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

* am

### Etymology

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

### Verb

amu first-singular present indicative (past participle avutã)
* to have
* (auxiliary, with past participles to form perfect tense) to have ...

#### Conjugation

| past participle | past participle | past participle | avutã | avutã | avutã | avutã |
| singular | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |

#### Related terms

* aveari / aveare
* avur

## Asturian
### Etymology

Compare Spanish amo.

### Noun

amu m (plural amos)
* owner, master
* boss

## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hamo.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

amu ?
* (fishing) hook (for fishing)

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Pronunciation 1
#### Noun

amù
* master

### Pronunciation 2
#### Noun

amû
* monkey

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

amu
* imperative of ami

## Higaonon
### Etymology

Akin to Cebuano amo.

### Noun

amù
* monkey

## Japanese
### Romanization

amu
* Rōmaji transcription of あむ

## Jumaytepeque
### Noun

amu
* 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
* root

## Kamkata-viri
### Alternative forms

* amo (Kamviri)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈmu/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Nuristani *amākā, probably from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dmáH (“at home”), from Proto-Indo-European *démh₁, locative singular of *dṓm.

#### Noun

amu f (Eastern Kata-viri, Western Kata-viri)
* house
* room

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáHtmā (“soul, spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éh₁t-mō ~ *h₁h₁t-m̥nés (“breath, spirit”), from *h₁eh₁t- (“to breathe”) +‎ *-mō.

#### Pronoun

amu (Kamviri, Western Kata-viri)
* self

### References

* 1 2 Strand, Richard F. (2016) “âm′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎
* ↑ https://iecor.clld.org/values/314-214-1

## Karekare
### Noun

àmù
* 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
* first-person singular present indicative of amare

## Mi'kmaq
### Etymology

Likely from Proto-Algonquian *a·mo·wa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mu/, [amu]

### Noun

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

### References

* ↑ 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, 1997–2025

## Quechua
### Adjective

amu
* mute, dumb

### Noun

amu
* mute person
* lord
* fertilizer, manure

#### Declension
## Rayón Zoque
### Noun

amu
* 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: [aˈmu]

### Adverb

amu
* now
    Synonyms: acu, acum, acuma

### References

* amu in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Sardinian
### Etymology

From Latin hamus. Compare Italian amo.

### Noun

amu
* hook (for fishing), fishhook

## Sicilian
### Verb

amu
* first-person singular present active indicative of amari
* first-person singular present active subjunctive of amari

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

amu class IX (plural amu class X)
* Alternative form of ami

## Tausug
### Etymology

Compare Cebuano mao.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /ʔamu/ [ʔɑˈmu]
* Rhymes: -u
* Syllabification: a‧mu

### Adjective

amu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَمُ)
* right; accurate; true; correct
    Bukun amu in hinang mu.You didn't do your work right.

### Particle

amu (Sulat Sūg spelling اَمُ)
* the very one, the very thing, the only one (Sometimes seems to mark something seriously referred or referring to something or someone being talked about, equivalent to Cebuano mao ra).
    Amu na siya in bantug mangungubat.He is the very one who is the famous healer.

#### Derived terms

* amu in
* amu ini
* amu yan
* amuna in
* amuna ini
* amuna sa ini
* amuna sa yan
* amuna yan
* kaamuan
* mag'amu
* umamu

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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### Adverb

amu
* long (a long time ago)