hami

See also: Hami, Hāmì, and Ha-mi

Chamorro

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hæ.mi/

Pronoun

hami

  1. (emphatic) we, us (exclusive)

Usage notes
  • hami can be used either to emphasise the subject or object, or to give a quick answer.

See also
Chamorro personal pronouns
hu-type pronouns
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive
1st person hu ta in
2nd person un en
3rd person ha ma
yoʼ-type pronouns
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive
1st person yoʼ hit ham
2nd person hao hamyo
3rd person gueʼ siha
emphatic pronouns
singular plural inclusive plural exclusive
1st person guahu hita hami
2nd person hagu hamyo
3rd person guiya siha

References
  • Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

French

Etymology

From Arabic حَامٍ‎ (ḥāmin) or حَمِيّ‎ (ḥamiyy).

Adjective

hami (feminine hamie, masculine plural hamis, feminine plural hamies)

  1. (slang) hot
    • 1998, Ketra (lyrics), Fonky Family (music), “Sans faire couler le sang”, in Si Dieu veut:
      L'histoire est hami
      Moi, j’suis là pour faire la fiesta
      History is mad
      Me, I am thus to make the fiesta

Japanese

Romanization

hami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はみ

Latin

Noun

hāmī

  1. inflection of hāmus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Occitan

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Gascon)(file)

Noun

hami f (plural hamis) (Gascony)

  1. desire, urge
  2. hunger

Derived terms

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

Rapa Nui

Noun

hami

  1. loincloth

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish حامی‎ (hami), from Arabic حَامٍ‎ (ḥāmin, “protector”).

Noun

hami (definite accusative hamiyi, plural hamiler)

  1. protector

References
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hami”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حامی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 757
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣami/

Pronoun

hami

  1. we (exclusive)

Further reading
  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
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