ames

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ames"

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present indicative of amar

Galician

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Kabyle

Root
m-s (filth)
2 terms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aməs/

Verb

ames (verbal noun ammus)

  1. to be dirty, to be filthy
    Umsen iḍarren-iw.My feet are dirty.

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂em- (to grasp-). See also ampla (handle).

Pronunciation

Noun

ames m (genitive amitis); third declension

  1. a pole; a fork for spreading nets
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants
  • Galician: andas
  • Old Spanish: andes

Etymology 2

Verb

amēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of amō

References

  • ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ames”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "ames", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • ames”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Spanish

Verb

ames

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of amar

Tarifit

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

Verb

ames (Tifinagh spelling ⴰⵎⴻⵙ)

  1. (transitive) to smear, to stain
  2. (transitive) to soil, to be soiled

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • Causative: simes (to smear; to stain)
    • Verbal noun: asimes