hamm

See also: Hamm

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

An onomatopoeia.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈhɒmː]

Interjection

hamm

  1. yum (refers to eating food, imitating the quick opening and closing of the mouth; can be childish, but also can enliven the presentation of the story; also used repetitively)
    • 1939, Zsigmond Móricz, A nagy fejedelem‎:
      Ez úgy ad egy-egy falat kenyeret a kutyának, hogy mint a tekét tartja s a tekeütőt a bottal elütvén, a kenyér elröpül, s a kutya meg nem mozdul, csak a száját kitátván, hamm, elkapja a kenyeret.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

References
  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hammō. Cognate with Middle Dutch hamme (Dutch ham), Old High German hamma (dialectal German Hamm), Old Norse hǫm.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɑmm/

Noun

hamm f

  1. ham, inner knee
Alternative forms
Declension
Declension of hamm (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hamm hamma, hamme
accusative hamme hamma, hamme
genitive hamme hamma
dative hamme hammum
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hammaz. Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low German Hamm).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hɑmm/

Noun

hamm m

  1. enclosure, piece of enclosed land

Declension
Declension of hamm (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative hamm hammas
accusative hamm hammas
genitive hammes hamma
dative hamme hammum
Descendants
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