# hame
## English
### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -eɪm

### Etymology 1

From Middle English hame, home, from Old English hama, homa (“a cover, skin”), from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“clothes, skirt”). Cognate with Danish ham (“skin, bladder, figure”), Danish hams (“shell, sleeve”). More at heaven.

#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* (obsolete) A covering, skin, membrane.

##### Related terms

* heam
* likam

### Etymology 2

From Middle English hame, from Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness, fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Frankish *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet, collar for a horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱom- (“part of a harness”).
Cognate with Middle Low German ham, hame (“collar, fishnet”), Old High German hamo (“sack-like fishnet”) (Modern German dialectal Hame, Hamen (“hand fishnet”), Ham (“horse collar”)).

#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* Part of the harness that fits round the neck of a draught horse that the reins pass through.

##### Coordinate terms

* horse collar
* More at: horse harness § parts

##### Derived terms

* hamestrap
* hame string

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From Middle English ham, from Old English hām (“home”). More at home.

#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* Scottish and Northern English form of home

### Etymology 4

From earlier haum, haume.

#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* Alternative form of haulm

### Anagrams

* HEMA, Hema, Mahé, ah me, ahem, haem, haem-, heam, hæm-

## Bavarian
### Alternative forms

* hama (Timau)

### Etymology

From Middle High German heim, from Old High German heim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Cognate with German Heim, Dutch heem, English home, Icelandic heimur; also Albanian komb.

### Noun

hame n
* (Sappada, Sauris) home

### References

* Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hamëh, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hamiz (compare Old Norse hamr) or *hamisaz (“shirt”) (compare Old Norse hams).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑmeˣ/, [ˈhɑ̝me̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑme
* Hyphenation: ha‧me

### Noun

hame
* skirt

#### Declension

Possessive forms of hame (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hameeni
hameeni
accusative
nom.
hameeni
hameeni
gen.
hameeni
genitive
hameeni
hameideni hameitteni
partitive
hamettani
hameitani
inessive
hameessani
hameissani
elative
hameestani
hameistani
illative
hameeseeni
hameisiini hameihini
adessive
hameellani
hameillani
ablative
hameeltani
hameiltani
allative
hameelleni
hameilleni
essive
hameenani
hameinani
translative
hameekseni
hameikseni
abessive
hameettani
hameittani
instructive
comitative
—hameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hameesi
hameesi
accusative
nom.
hameesi
hameesi
gen.
hameesi
genitive
hameesi
hameidesi hameittesi
partitive
hamettasi
hameitasi
inessive
hameessasi
hameissasi
elative
hameestasi
hameistasi
illative
hameeseesi
hameisiisi hameihisi
adessive
hameellasi
hameillasi
ablative
hameeltasi
hameiltasi
allative
hameellesi
hameillesi
essive
hameenasi
hameinasi
translative
hameeksesi
hameiksesi
abessive
hameettasi
hameittasi
instructive
comitative
—hameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hameemme
hameemme
accusative
nom.
hameemme
hameemme
gen.
hameemme
genitive
hameemme
hameidemme hameittemme
partitive
hamettamme
hameitamme
inessive
hameessamme
hameissamme
elative
hameestamme
hameistamme
illative
hameeseemme
hameisiimme hameihimme
adessive
hameellamme
hameillamme
ablative
hameeltamme
hameiltamme
allative
hameellemme
hameillemme
essive
hameenamme
hameinamme
translative
hameeksemme
hameiksemme
abessive
hameettamme
hameittamme
instructive
comitative
—hameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hameenne
hameenne
accusative
nom.
hameenne
hameenne
gen.
hameenne
genitive
hameenne
hameidenne hameittenne
partitive
hamettanne
hameitanne
inessive
hameessanne
hameissanne
elative
hameestanne
hameistanne
illative
hameeseenne
hameisiinne hameihinne
adessive
hameellanne
hameillanne
ablative
hameeltanne
hameiltanne
allative
hameellenne
hameillenne
essive
hameenanne
hameinanne
translative
hameeksenne
hameiksenne
abessive
hameettanne
hameittanne
instructive
comitative
—hameinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hameensa
hameensa
accusative
nom.
hameensa
hameensa
gen.
hameensa
genitive
hameensa
hameidensa hameittensa
partitive
hamettaan hamettansa
hameitaan hameitansa
inessive
hameessaan hameessansa
hameissaan hameissansa
elative
hameestaan hameestansa
hameistaan hameistansa
illative
hameeseensa
hameisiinsa hameihinsa
adessive
hameellaan hameellansa
hameillaan hameillansa
ablative
hameeltaan hameeltansa
hameiltaan hameiltansa
allative
hameelleen hameellensa
hameilleen hameillensa
essive
hameenaan hameenansa
hameinaan hameinansa
translative
hameekseen hameeksensa
hameikseen hameiksensa
abessive
hameettaan hameettansa
hameittaan hameittansa
instructive
comitative
—hameineen hameinensa :

#### Derived terms

* -hameinen
* hamonen
* alushame
* avohame
* farkkuhame
* farmarihame
* hameenhelma
* hameenlieve
* hamekangas
* hamesankari
* hamesuoja
* hamevalta
* hameväki
* hartiushame
* housuhame
* hurstuthame
* irtohame
* kaislahame
* kellohame
* kietaisuhame
* kynähame
* laskoshame
* liivihame
* maksihame
* midihame
* minihame
* nahkahame
* olkainhame
* pellavahame
* puolihame
* pönkkähame
* rimpsuhame
* shortsihame
* skottihame
* trumpettihame
* tweedhame
* tyllihame
* vannehame
* vekkihame
* vyötäröhame

### Further reading

* “hame”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hamëh. Cognates include Finnish hame and Estonian hame.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈhɑme/, [ˈhɑme̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈhɑme/, [ˈhɑme̞]
* (Hevaha) IPA: /ˈhɑmeh/, [ˈhɑme̞h]
* Rhymes: -ɑme
* Hyphenation: ha‧me

### Noun

hame
* skirt

#### Derived terms

* aluhame

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43
* Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 30

## Latin
### Noun

hāme
* vocative singular of hāmus

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hama, homa, from Proto-West Germanic *hamō, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“cover, skin”).

#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* hame (skin, membrane)
* integument
* slough (skin shed by a reptile)
* (in the plural, ornithology) plumage

##### Alternative forms

* haum

##### Descendants

* English: hame, heam

#### References

* “hāme, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hame (“horse collar, harness; fishnet”), from Old Dutch *hamo, from Proto-Germanic *hamô (“fishnet; collar for a horse”).

#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* hame (part of a horse harness)

##### Alternative forms

* hamme, home

##### Descendants

* English: hame
* Scots: hame
* Yola: hamas (plural)

#### References

* “hāme, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* (Northern) Alternative form of hom (“home”)

### Etymology 4
#### Pronoun

hame
* Alternative form of hem (“them”)

### Etymology 5
#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* Alternative form of hamme (“enclosure; meadow”)

### Etymology 6
#### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* Alternative form of hamme (“back of the knee”)

## Occitan
### Noun

hame f (plural hames) (Gascony)
* Alternative form of hami

### References

* Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 77.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɑː.me/, [ˈhɑː.me]
* IPA: /ˈxɑ.me/, [ˈhɑ.me]

### Noun

hāme
* dative singular of hām

### Noun

hame
* dative singular of ham

## Scots
### Etymology

From Middle English ham, hame, northern variants of home, from Old English hām, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈheːm/, /heɪ̯m/, [hem]

### Noun

hame (plural hames)
* home

#### Derived terms

* ahame
* hame-aboot
* hame-comin
* hame-drauchtit
* hame-gaun
* hame-made
* hame-throu
* hameless
* hamelt
* hamely
* hamespun
* hamit
* hamle

### Adverb

hame (not comparable)
* at home

#### Synonyms

* ahame