asam

See also: asâm, asām, ašam, ašām, aṣām, āsām, and āṣām

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay asam. The sense “a chemical compound” is a semantic loan from English acid.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -am

Noun

asam (plural, first-person possessive asamku, second-person possessive asammu, third-person possessive asamnya)

1. sour

   Synonym: masam

2. (chemistry) acid

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Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish asum.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɑsˠəmˠ/
• (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈasˠəmˠ/

Pronoun

asam (emphatic asamsa)

1. first-person singular of as

   Ní fhuair siad freagra asam. ― They didn’t get an answer from me.

Further reading

• "asam" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “7 a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 95.
• Entries containing “asam” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “asam” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Latin

Noun

āsam

1. accusative singular of āsa

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Latvian

Adjective

asam

1. dative singular masculine form of ass

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Malay

Etymology

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Adjective

asam (Jawi spelling اسم‎, plural asam-asam)

1. sour

   Synonym: masam

Noun

asam (Jawi spelling اسم‎, plural asam-asam, informal 1st possessive asamku, impolite 2nd possessive asammu, 3rd possessive asamnya)

1. sour foods

   asam garam ― sour salted foods

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Portuguese

Verb

asam

1. third-person plural (eles and elas, also used with vocês and others) present indicative of asar

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Satawalese

Noun

asam

1. door

References

• Kevin M. Roddy, A Sketch Grammar of Satawalese, The Language of Satawal Island, Yap State, Micronesia (2007)

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish asum.

Pronoun

asam (emphatic asamsa)

1. from me

   Cha d' fhuair iad freagairt asam. ― They didn't get an answer from me.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “7 a”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Tagalog

Verb

asam (root word)

1. to anticipate

Derived terms

• asamin
• inaasam-asam