gam

== Translingual == === Symbol === gam (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Kandawo. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Kandawo terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡæm/ Rhymes: -æm === Etymology 1 === From Italian gamba (“leg”). Doublet of gamb, gamba, jamb, and jambe. Compare gammon and ham. ==== Noun ==== gam (plural gams) (slang, dated) A person's leg, especially an attractive woman's leg. === Etymology 2 === Uncertain but surely formed within English; etymons may include game or gammon. ==== Noun ==== gam (plural gams) Collective noun used to refer to a group of whales, or rarely also of porpoises; a pod. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gam. (by extension) A social gathering of whalers (whaling ships). ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gam (third-person singular simple present gams, present participle gamming, simple past and past participle gammed) (nautical, ambitransitive) To pay a social visit on another ship at sea. (US, dialect) To engage in social intercourse anywhere. === References === === See also === gam gam === Anagrams === MGA, GMA, Mag., AMG, gma, MAG, AGM, Mag, mag-, mag == Acehnese == === Noun === gam boy === References === 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics. == Bandjalang == === Noun === gam (Wahlubal) hair of the head ==== Synonyms ==== guhndun == Catalan == === Etymology === From gamar-se. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -am === Noun === gam m (plural gams) a wasting diseases, particularly distomatosis Synonym: gamadura === Further reading === “gam”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Danish == === Etymology === From Old Danish gam, from Old Norse gammr, gambr. Cognate with Old High German gampilun, gabilun (“a fablelike creature”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɡamˈ] === Noun === gam c (singular definite gammen, plural indefinite gamme) (obsolete) a vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in Africa, Europe, Asia and America (obsolete, rare) a griffin ==== Declension ==== === References === “gam” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog == Galo == === Etymology === From Assamese [Term?]. === Noun === gam village headman == Garo == === Noun === gam stuff == Hausa == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡâm/ (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɡâŋ] === Noun === gâm m glue, paste == Middle English == === Noun === gam alternative form of game == Old Irish == === Alternative forms === gaim, gem === Etymology === From Proto-Celtic *gyemos. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaβ̃/ === Noun === gam (gender unknown) winter, winter storm ==== Derived terms ==== gaimred === Mutation === === Further reading === Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gaim”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language == Polish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡam/ Rhymes: -am Syllabification: gam === Noun === gam f genitive plural of gama == Scots == === Etymology === The etymology of the original meaning of tooth is unclear but the later senses probably developed by conflation with the English word gum, which has a similar sound and also refers to a part of the lower mouth. === Noun === gam A tooth. The lower part of the face, consisting of the mouth, lips and jaw. A blowjob. For quotations using this term, see Citations:gam. === Further reading === “gam”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology 1 === Contraction of aig (“at”) +‎ mo (“my”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ɣam/, (before consonants) /ɣa mə/ (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA(key): /ɡ̊am/ (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ɡ̊ɑm/ ==== Preposition ==== gam (+ dative, triggers lenition) me (direct object) A bheil thu gam chluinntinn? - Do you hear me? ===== Usage notes ===== Although this can be thought of as filling the function of a direct object pronoun, it is actually a form of possessive, and can therefore only be used in a periphrastic tense formed with a verbal noun, never as the object of a finite verb. Tha e gam chluinntinn is literally "he is at the hearing of me", whereby gam represents "at ... of me". With a finite verb, the genuine object pronouns would be used: Chluinn e mi he heard me, chluinn e iad, he heard them. === Etymology 2 === Contraction of aig (“at”) +‎ am (“their”) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ɣa(m)/ (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA(key): /ɡ̊am/ (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ɡ̊ɑm/ ==== Preposition ==== gam (+ dative, triggers eclipsis of a vowel) them (direct object) Cha robh i gam faicinn. - She didn't see them. ===== Usage notes ===== As them used before words beginning with b, f, m or p; otherwise gan is used. Although this can be thought of as filling the function of a direct object pronoun, it is actually a form of possessive, and can therefore only be used in a periphrastic tense formed with a verbal noun, never as the object of a finite verb. Tha e gam chluinntinn is literally "he is at the hearing of me", whereby gam represents "at ... of me". With a finite verb, the genuine object pronouns would be used: Chluinn e mi he heard me, chluinn e iad, he heard them. === Related terms === === References === == Sumerian == === Romanization === gam romanization of 𒃵 (gam) == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Norse gammr. === Noun === gam c a vulture or condor; scavenging birds living in Africa, Europe, Asia and America (colloquial) someone who takes advantage of a demise or a bankruptcy, usually in a legal, but, for the affected people, offensive way ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “gam”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) == Ternate == === Etymology === From the older gamu, with word-final vowel deletion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡam] === Noun === gam alternative form of gamu === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 29 == Turkish == === Etymology === From Arabic غَمّ (ḡamm). === Noun === gam (definite accusative gamı, plural gamlar) sorrow === See also === envâ-ı gam kaygılar == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣaːm˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣaːm˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣaːm˧˧] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French gramme. ==== Alternative forms ==== cà ram cờ ram gờ ram ==== Noun ==== gam gram (unit of mass) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French gamme. ==== Noun ==== gam (music) musical scale Synonym: âm giai == Volapük == === Noun === gam (genitive gama, plural gams) bride, groom ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== higam jigam == Zazaki == === Noun === gam step