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am-am

Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Undetermined.

Verb edit

am-am

  1. to appease; to mollify; to pacify

Etymology 2 edit

From Hokkien 泔淊 (ám-ám).[1] Compare Tagalog aam, Sakizaya aam, Hokkien 飲／饮 (ám) / 唵 (ām, “(childish) to eat”), Cantonese 飲飲食食／饮饮食食 (jam2 jam2 sik6 sik6).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: am‧am

Noun edit

am-am

  1. (childish) food

Verb edit

am-am

  1. (childish) to eat

References edit

  1. ^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “ám-ám”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 3; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 3
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