# ami
## Translingual
### Symbol

ami
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Amis.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Amis terms

## Birgit
### Noun

ami
* 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]: […] Birgit ˀàmì [Jng. 1973 MS] […]

## Catalan
### Verb

ami
* inflection of amar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: a‧mi

### Noun

ami
* a sapling

## Chuukese
### Pronoun

ami
* Second-person plural pronoun; you (plural)

#### See also
## Eggon
### Noun

ami
* water

### References

* R. Blench, Ake wordlist (lists the Eggon word in notes)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From Italian amare, from Latin amō. Doublet of -ema.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈami]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ami
* Hyphenation: a‧mi

### Verb

ami (present amas, past amis, future amos, conditional amus, volitive amu)
* (transitive) to love
    Antonym: malami
    Mi amas vin. ― I love you.
    Mi estos amita. ― I will have been loved.

#### Derived terms

* ama (“of love; loving”)
* amafero (“love affair”)
* amaĵo (“love affair”)
* amanto (“lover”)
* amataĵo (“pastime”)
* amdeklaro (“declaration of love”)
* amdonantino (“beloved, mistress”, noun)
* amdonanto (“beloved, lover”, noun)
* ame (“lovingly”)
* amegi (“to love deeply, adore”)
* amema (“loving, affectionate”)
* ameti (“to like”)
* aminda (“lovable”)
* amkanto (“love song”)
* amkonfeso (“confession of love”)
* amo (“love”, noun)
* amplena (“full of love”)
* ampoemo (“love poem”)
* amrakonto (“love story”)
* amrilato (“romantic relationship”)
* amromano (“romance novel”)
* amsento (“feelings of love”)
* amulo
* ekami (“to fall in love with”)
* enamiĝi (“to fall in love”)
* gastama (“hospitable”)
* glorama (“ambitious”)
* homamo (“love of one's neighbour”)
* malami (“to hate”)
* memamo (“self-love, vanity”)
* senama (“loveless”)
* sinamo (“self-love”)

### References

* ↑ Louis Couturat, Histoire de la langue universelle, 1903 (p. 340)

## Franco-Provençal
### Alternative forms

* amiu (Old Dauphinois, Old Forézien, Old Lyonnais)
* amieu (Old Lyonnais)

### Etymology

Inherited from Latin amīcus.

### Noun

ami m (plural amis) (ORB, broad)
* male friend
    Coordinate term: amia f

### References

* ami in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* ami in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

### Further information

* AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 733: “l'amico; gli amici” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
* ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 38: “ton ami” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amicus, -a”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 445

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French amy, ami, from Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus. Compare Catalan amic, Italian amico, Portuguese amigo, Romanian amic, Sardinian amícu, Spanish amigo. Doublet of igo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.mi/
* Audio (Paris):(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: amict, amicts, amie, amies, amis
* Hyphenation: ami

### Noun

ami m (plural amis, feminine amie)
* friend (one who is affectionately attached to another)
    Nous devons toujours être aux côtés de nos parents et de nos amis.We must always stand by our family and our friends.

#### Derived terms

* ami avec bénéfices
* chambre d’ami
* conseil d’ami
* en ami
* meilleur ami
* petit ami
* prix d’ami
* tir ami
* gomi

#### Related terms

* amical
* amitié

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: zanmi
* →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria

#### See also

* ami·e·s

### Further reading

* “ami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* mai

## Gallo
### Etymology

From Old French ami, amic, from Latin amīcus.

### Noun

ami m (plural amis; feminine amie, plural amies)
* friend

## Herero
### Pronoun

ami
* I, me; first-person singular pronoun.

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

ami or amí
* second harvest

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒmi]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ami
* Rhymes: -mi

### Pronoun

ami
* (relative) which; that
    Coordinate terms: amely, amelyik

#### Usage notes

See the Usage notes at amely and amelyik.

#### Derived terms

* ami elmúlt, elmúlt
* ami igaz, az igaz
* ami sok, az sok
* lesz, ami lesz
* nem mind arany, ami fénylik

### See also

$^1$ Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…). $^2$ Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations. $^3$ Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

### Further reading

* ami in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* ami in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

### Anagrams

* ima, mai

## Ido
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈami/

### Noun

ami
* plural of amo

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.mi/
* Rhymes: -ami
* Hyphenation: à‧mi

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ami
* inflection of amare:
** second-person singular present indicative
** first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

ami m
* plural of amo

### Anagrams

* ima, mai, mia

## Japanese
### Romanization

ami
* Rōmaji transcription of あみ
* Rōmaji transcription of アミ

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese mim.

### Pronoun

ami
* I, me

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* ammi

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄμι (ámi), itself probably from Egyptian.

### Noun

ami n (indeclinable)
* bisnaga (Visnaga daucoides, syn. Ammi visnaga)

### References

* ami in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Mawa
### Noun

ami
* water

## Naga Pidgin
### Etymology

From Early Assamese আমি (ami, “I, we”).

### Pronoun

ami
* I (first person singular pronoun)
    Synonym: moi

## Occitan
### Noun

ami m (plural amis)
* (Mistralian) Alternative form of amic

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* amic (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

### Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

### Noun

ami oblique singular, m (oblique plural amis, nominative singular amis, nominative plural ami)
* friend

#### Related terms

* amie f

#### Descendants

* Champenois: amin, anmin (Possesse)
* Middle French: amy, ami
** French: ami
*** Haitian Creole: zanmi
*** →⇒ Polish: amikoszoneria
* Norman: amin

## Papiamentu
### Alternative forms

* mi (synonym)

### Etymology

From Spanish mi and Kabuverdianu ami.

### Pronoun

ami
* I, me, my.

## Pass Valley Yali
### Noun

ami
* uncle (mother's brother)

### References

* Christiaan Fahner, The morphology of Yali and Dani (1979), page 25

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* amitg (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan)
* amei (Surmiran)
* amih (Puter)

### Etymology

From Latin amīcus.

### Noun

ami m (plural amis)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) (male) friend, boyfriend

#### Synonyms

* cumpogn
* (Rumantsch Grischun) camarat
* (Vallader) camarad

#### Coordinate terms

* (gender): amia

## Rukai
### Etymology

From Japanese 網 (ami).

### Noun

ami
* net

## Sicilian
### Verb

ami
* second-person singular present active indicative of amari
* second-person singular present active subjunctive of amari

## Spanish
### Etymology

Clipping of amigo or amiga.

### Noun

ami m or f by sense (plural amis)
* (colloquial) friend; bud

### Further reading

* “ami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Alternative forms

* amu

### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَمّ (ʕamm, “paternal uncle”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

ami class IX (plural ami class X)
* paternal uncle

#### Coordinate terms

* mjomba (“maternal uncle”)

### References

* ↑ Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30) Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten; 145), Leiden • Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 215 Nr. 1933

## Tacana
### Noun

ami
* blood

## Tangam
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈami/

### Noun

ami
* person

#### References

* Mark W. Post (2017) The Tangam Language: Grammar, Lexicon and Texts, →ISBN

## Tetum
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, compare Malay kami.

### Pronoun

ami
* we

### Further reading

* Fransiskus Monteiro (1985) Kamus Tetun-Indonesia [Tetum-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English army.

### Noun

ami
* army

## Warao
### Noun

ami
* louse

## Yámana
### Noun

ami
* needle

## Yeyi
### Noun

ami
* water

### References

* Frank Seidel, A Grammar of Yeyi: A Bantu Language of Southern Africa (2008)

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* اَمِ

### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.mĩ̀/

#### Noun

àmì
* sign, mark, symbol
    Àmì ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ òjò rírọ̀ ni awọ àwọsánmà tó ń bẹ lójú ọ̀run ― The sign of incoming rain is the colour of the clouds in the sky

##### Derived terms

* àmì ayò (“point, score”)
* àmì ẹ̀yẹ (“award, medal”)
* àmì fàágùn (“composite tone mark”)
* àmì ohùn (“tonal marks”)
* àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́rodò (“falling-tone mark”)
* àmì ohùn ẹlẹ́yọ̀ọ́ròkè (“rising-tone mark”)
* àmì ohùn àárín (“mid-tone mark”)
* àmì ohùn ìsàlẹ̀ (“low-tone mark”)
* àmì ohùn òkè (“high-tone mark”)
* àmì ọ̀pá àṣẹ ìpínlẹ̀ (“state coat of arms”)
* àmì ìbéèrè (“question mark”)
* àmì ìdánimọ̀ (“badge”)
* àmì ìràwọ̀ (“asterisk”)
* àmì ìròpọ̀ (“plus sign”)

### Etymology 2

From English amen, from Ecclesiastical Latin āmēn, from Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn, “certainly, verily”) when used by Yoruba Christians, it is invoked with the Anglo-Christian meaning in mind. Also from Arabic آمِين (ʔāmīn), from Classical Syriac ܐܰܡܺܝܢ (ʾāmēn) or Aramaic אַמִין (ʾāmēn), possibly via Koine Greek ᾱ̓μήν (āmḗn), from Biblical Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn) when used by Yoruba Muslims, it is invoked with the Arabic meaning in mind.

#### Alternative forms

* àmín

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.mĩ́/

#### Interjection

àmí
* (Christianity) amen
* (Islam) amin, ameen

##### Related terms

* àṣẹ (“let it be so so, may it be so”)

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.mĩ́/

#### Noun

amí
* spy
    Synonyms: aṣamí, alamí

## Zia
### Etymology

From Proto-Trans-New Guinea *amu.

### Noun

ami
* breast