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hames

See also: hamës and ħames

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

Noun edit

hames

  1. plural of hame

Etymology 2 edit

Uncertain.[1] Possibly from the hame(s) (harness elements) put on a horse, which are difficult to put on right.[2]

Noun edit

hames (plural hames)

  1. (Ireland, colloquial) A mess.
    You've made a right hames of it, you eejit!

References edit

  1. ^ “hames”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ Terence Patrick Dolan, A Dictionary of Hiberno-English: The Irish Use of English (2006), page 119, "hames"

Anagrams edit

Middle English edit

Noun edit

hames

  1. plural of ham
  2. plural of hame

Saisiyat edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *ʀaməC (compare Amis lamit).

Noun edit

hames

  1. (botany) root
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