stam

== English == === Etymology === Of unknown origin. Perhaps related to stammer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stæm/ === Verb === stam (third-person singular simple present stams, present participle stamming, simple past and past participle stammed) (UK, dialect, obsolete, transitive) To confound. === Noun === stam (UK, dialect, obsolete) Confusion. === Anagrams === Mats, tams, amts, mats, TAMs, Mast, mast, MTAs, ATMs, AMTs, MATs, mast-, MAST, ASTM, MATS == Afrikaans == === Etymology === From Dutch stam, from Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *stamniz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stam/ === Noun === stam (plural stamme) tribe == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /stɑm/ Hyphenation: stam Rhymes: -ɑm === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch stam, from Old Dutch *stam, from Proto-West Germanic *stamni, from Proto-Germanic *stamniz. ==== Noun ==== stam m (plural stammen, diminutive stammetje n) trunk of a tree Synonym: boomstam (linguistics) stem tribe, clan Synonym: volksstam (biology, taxonomy) phylum Hypernym: rijk Hyponym: klasse ===== Hyponyms ===== volksstam ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: stam → Papiamentu: stam === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== stam inflection of stammen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === mast, tams == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse stammr. ==== Adjective ==== stam (masculine and feminine stam, neuter stamt, definite singular and plural stamme) which stutters or stammers === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== stam m (definite singular stammen, indefinite plural stammar, definite plural stammane) European chub (Squalius cephalus) Synonym: årbuk === References === “stam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. === Anagrams === mast, samt, tams == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish staffn, stampn, from Old Norse stafn. Cognate with Danish stavn. === Pronunciation === === Noun === stam c a trunk (of a tree) Synonym: trädstam a stem (of a plant, more generally – see usage notes) a stem (central part from which things branch off, sometimes abstractly) (anatomy) a stem (taxonomy) a phylum (linguistics) a stem a tribe a population (of animals, in an area (often a country)) ==== Usage notes ==== The intuition in Swedish is the opposite of that in English, with a stam normally being a tree trunk (while also being the general word for stem). A stem of a herbaceous (non-woody) plant is a stjälk (“stalk”), and only a stam in a more technical sense. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== inföding klan stjälk === References === “stam”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “stam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “stam”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) stam in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) === Anagrams === Mats, mast, mats, samt == West Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === stam c (plural stammen, diminutive stamke) trunk of a tree stem (of a plant) stem (of a word) family, genus tribe, clan ==== Derived terms ==== stamfaar ==== Further reading ==== “stam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011