tam

tam

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tamil.

• IPA^(key): /tæm/

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Short for tam o'shanter.

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
   • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔／担.

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

• AMT, ATM, MAT, MTA, Mat, Mat., TMA, amt, amt., atm, mat, mat.

From Arabic تَامّ‎ (tāmm).

tam

1. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete

   Mən kitabı hələ tam oxumamışam. ― I have not finished reading the book.

2. completely, really

   Mən bu məsələni tam başa düşmədim. ― I haven't really understood this issue.

From Arabic طَعْم‎ (ṭaʿm).

tam (definite accusative tamnı, plural tamlar)

1. taste

   Synonym: dad

• tamsız

• “tam” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

tam

1. water

• Howell, S. (1984). Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia. p. 128.
• Kruspe, N. (2009). Ceq Wong vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmoor, U. (eds.). World Loanword Database.

tam

1. teeming, full

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Old Czech tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtam]

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tam

1. there (in or at that place or location)
2. there (to or into that place)

   Antonyms: zpět, zpátky

• tamní
• tamější
• tamtudy
• tamten
• tentam

• tam in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tam in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• tam in Internetová jazyková příručka

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

tam

1. tame

• “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

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• Rhymes: -ɑm

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

1. tame, not wild
2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

• Afrikaans: tam
• Negerhollands: teem

• mat

Borrowed from Latin tam.

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam

1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

• kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

From Proto-Berber.

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam (feminine tamet)

1. eight

   Synonym: tmanya

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam

1. there

tam

1. honey

• Goldberg, Justin; Asadik, Habte; Bekama, Jiregna; Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎, SIL International

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam

1. to make something level

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

From Proto-Italic *sei, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t̪ä̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t̪äm]

tam (not comparable)

1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

   Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet.

   Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

   Synonyms: adeō, eō, tantopere, tantum

Often coupled with quam.

1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V:

     Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.

     But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Often "tips off" a subjunctive clause of result.

• tamen
• tamquam
• tandem
• tantus

• “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
    

tam

1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

• The dative and adverbial forms have one pronunciation, while the locative form has another.

tám

1. dative singular masculine of tàs

   tám výrui ― to that man

tám

1. for that purpose
2. so that, in order to [followed by kàd + a subordinate clause, often in the subjunctive]

   Válgo daržóves tám, kàd bū́tų sveĩkas. ― He eats vegetables in order to be healthy.

tam̃

1. Alternative form of tamè: locative singular masculine of tàs

   tam̃ miestè ― in that city

• “tam”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
• “tam”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2023

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): [tam]

tam

1. there (in that place)

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “tam”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “tam”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

tam

1. Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

tam

1. (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

From Arabic طَعْم‎ (ṭaʿm).

tam ?

1. taste

• IPA^(key): [tʰɑːm]

tam

1. precisely, exactly

From Old Anatolian Turkish طام‎ (d̥am).

• IPA^(key): [tɑːm]

tam ?

1. house, building, structure

From Old Norse tamr.

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

• temme

• “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse tamr.

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

• temja, temje

• “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• tom

From Proto-West Germanic *tam.

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

tam

1. tame

• Middle English: tame, tam; tom, tome
  • English: tame
  • Scots: tame

• IPA^(key): /tam/

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: tam

Inherited from Old Polish tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

tam

1. there

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tam f

1. genitive plural of tama

• tam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

tam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of tão

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

tam (Cyrillic spelling там)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

• tamo

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/

tam

1. there
2. thither

• (thither): ta

• (there): tu
• (thither): sem

• tam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): /tám/

tȁm

1. there, in that place

• “tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

1. tame (not wild), domesticated

• tämja

• mat, mat.

tam

1. wall

From Ottoman Turkish تام‎ (tam, “complete, exact; completely, exactly”), from Arabic تَامّ‎ (tāmm).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑm/

tam

1. complete, absolute

• tam sayı
• tamlık

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “tam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “تام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 480

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

tam

1. there

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 三 (“three”).

tam

1. (only in compounds) three

• (native) ba

From Proto-Vietic *k-saːm. Cognate with Arem katʰæːm, Thavung saːm¹, Kuy sɛːm, Khmu [Cuang] hɛːm.

The term was probably already archaic by the time it started to be written down and was only attested in the compound 󰞿三 (anh tam, “elder brother and younger sibling”).

tam • (三)

1. (obsolete) younger sibling
   • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “述興 Thuật hứng 19”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):

     𡶀廊盈𪀄部伴
     𩄲客次月󰞿三

     Núi láng diềng, chim bầu bạn,
     Mây khách thứa, nguyệt anh tam.

     Mountains as neighbors, birds are friends,
     Clouds as guests, the moon is my kin.

tam n

1. taste

• bêtam
• tamey
• tamin
• tamkar
• tam kerden
• tamser
• tam kerdış