mám

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mam"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːm]

Verb

mám

1. first-person singular present indicative of mít

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese mão, with influence from Cantonese 手 (sau²).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maŋ/

Noun

mám

1. (anatomy) hand

   Coordinate term: pê (“foot”)

   pê-mám ― feet and hands

   mám-fichado ― miserly, tight-fisted (literally, “hand closed”)

   mám tánto ― person who interferes with things that are not their responsibility (literally, “much hand”)

   mám cumprido ― thief; sticky-fingered, prone to stealing (literally, “long hand”)

   mám di fada ― nimble-fingered (literally, “hand of fairy”)

   mám pa trás ― idle-handed; lazy person (literally, “hand at back”)

   pegâ mám andâ rua ― to hold hands walking the streets

   cai pê-mám ― to lose one's temper; to become disoriented (literally, “to fall feet-hands”)

   mám-lárgo ― generous (literally, “big hand”)

   mám-macaco ― fidgety (literally, “monkey hand”)

   mám-fêde ― someone with a dirty mind (literally, “stinky hand”)

   mám-cutí ― doorknob (literally, “hit hand”)

2. (anatomy) arm

   pê-mám ― legs and arms

Usage notes

• mám tánto is a calque of Cantonese 多手 (do¹ sau²).

Derived terms

• dále dôs mám
• mám-di-buda
• virâ mám (“in the blink of an eye”, literally “turn hand”)

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#m

Old Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmaːm]

Noun

mám m (genitive máma)

1. yoke

Inflection

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	mám	mámL	mámae
Vocative	mám	mámL	mámu
Accusative	mámN	mámL	mámu
Genitive	mámoH, mámaH	mámo, máma	mámaeN
Dative	mámL	mámaib	mámaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• fo·ammámaigedar

Descendants

• Middle Irish: mám
  • Irish: mám

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
mám also mmám after a proclitic ending in a vowel	mám pronounced with /β̃(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

Wastek

Noun

mám

1. grandfather

References

• wordlist