See also: Hami, Hāmì, and Ha-mi

Chamorro edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

hami

  1. (emphatic) we, us (exclusive)

Usage notes edit

  • hami can be used either to emphasise the subject or object, or to give a quick answer.

See also edit

References edit

  • Donald M. Topping (1973) Chamorro Reference Grammar[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin) or حَمِيّ (ḥamiyy).

Adjective edit

hami (feminine hamie, masculine plural hamis, feminine plural hamies)

  1. (slang) hot
    • 1998, “Sans faire couler le sang”, in Ketra (lyrics), Fonky Family (music), Si Dieu veut:
      L’histoire est hami
      Moi, j’suis là pour faire la fiesta
      History is mad
      Me, I am thus to make the fiesta

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

hami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of はみ

Latin edit

Noun edit

hāmī

  1. inflection of hāmus:
    1. nominative/vocative plural
    2. genitive singular

Occitan edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • (file)

Noun edit

hami f (plural hamis) (Gascony)

  1. desire, urge
  2. hunger

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Patric Guilhemjoan, Diccionari elementari occitan-francés francés-occitan (gascon), 2005, Orthez, per noste, 2005, →ISBN, page 77.

Rapa Nui edit

Noun edit

hami

  1. loincloth

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic حَمَى (ḥamā).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

-hami (infinitive kuhami)

  1. to protect
  2. to defend

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of -hami
Positive present -nahami
Subjunctive -hami
Negative -hami
Imperative singular hami
Infinitives
Positive kuhami
Negative kutohami
Imperatives
Singular hami
Plural hamini
Tensed forms
Habitual huhami
Positive past positive subject concord + -lihami
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuhami
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nahami)
Singular Plural
1st person ninahami/nahami tunahami
2nd person unahami mnahami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anahami wanahami
other classes positive subject concord + -nahami
Negative present (negative subject concord + -hami)
Singular Plural
1st person sihami hatuhami
2nd person huhami hamhami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hahami hawahami
other classes negative subject concord + -hami
Positive future positive subject concord + -tahami
Negative future negative subject concord + -tahami
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -hami)
Singular Plural
1st person nihami tuhami
2nd person uhami mhami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahami wahami
other classes positive subject concord + -hami
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sihami
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngehami
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singehami
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalihami
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalihami
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -ahami)
Singular Plural
1st person nahami twahami
2nd person wahami mwahami
3rd person m-wa(I/II) ahami wahami
m-mi(III/IV) wahami yahami
ji-ma(V/VI) lahami yahami
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chahami vyahami
n(IX/X) yahami zahami
u(XI) wahami see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwahami
pa(XVI) pahami
mu(XVIII) mwahami
Perfect positive subject concord + -mehami
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshahami
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jahami
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kihami
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipohami
Consecutive kahami / positive subject concord + -kahami
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kahami
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nihami -tuhami
2nd person -kuhami -wahami/-kuhamini/-wahamini
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mhami -wahami
m-mi(III/IV) -uhami -ihami
ji-ma(V/VI) -lihami -yahami
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kihami -vihami
n(IX/X) -ihami -zihami
u(XI) -uhami see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuhami
pa(XVI) -pahami
mu(XVIII) -muhami
Reflexive -jihami
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -hami- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -hamiye -hamio
m-mi(III/IV) -hamio -hamiyo
ji-ma(V/VI) -hamilo -hamiyo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -hamicho -hamivyo
n(IX/X) -hamiyo -hamizo
u(XI) -hamio see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -hamiko
pa(XVI) -hamipo
mu(XVIII) -hamimo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -hami)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yehami -ohami
m-mi(III/IV) -ohami -yohami
ji-ma(V/VI) -lohami -yohami
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chohami -vyohami
n(IX/X) -yohami -zohami
u(XI) -ohami see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kohami
pa(XVI) -pohami
mu(XVIII) -mohami
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish حامی (hami), from Arabic حَامٍ (ḥāmin, protector).

Noun edit

hami (definite accusative hamiyi, plural hamiler)

  1. protector

References edit

  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “hami”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Redhouse, James W. (1890), “حامی”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 757
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013) The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN

Uneapa edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Oceanic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

hami

  1. we (exclusive)

Further reading edit

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)