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amat

See also: Amat

Albanian

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Noun

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amat

  1. definite nominative/accusative plural of amë

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin amātus, perfect passive participle of amare (“to love”).

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Adjective

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amat (feminine amada, masculine plural amats, feminine plural amades)

  1. beloved

Participle

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amat (feminine amada, masculine plural amats, feminine plural amades)

  1. past participle of amar

Hanunoo

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat, although possible chance resemblance.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔamat/ [ˈʔɐ.mɐt]
  • Rhymes: -amat
  • Syllabification: a‧mat

Noun

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amat (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫᜦ᜴)

  1. continuity; continuousness

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Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amat”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Hiligaynon

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmat/ [ʔaˈmat]
  • Hyphenation: a‧mat

Adjective

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amát (diminutive amat-amat)

  1. gradual, step-by-step, slow

Iban

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Adjective

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amat

  1. true
    Amat, aku bisi meda iya.
    It's true, I have seen him.

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Adverb

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amat

  1. amat
    Terang amat api!
    The fire is very bright!

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Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay amat, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat (“continuous, unceasing”).

Adverb

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amat

  1. so
    Synonym: begitu

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Malay amat, from Classical Malay amat, ultimately from Sanskrit आमाति (āmāti, “he perceives, he understands”).

Verb

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amat

  1. (literary) to observe, to watch closely, to scrutinize
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Latin

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Pronunciation 1

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Verb

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amat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of amō

Pronunciation 2

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Verb

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amāt

  1. third-person singular perfect active indicative of amō

Livonian

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Noun

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amat

  1. obsolete spelling of amāt

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Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amat (“continuous, unceasing”).

Adverb

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amat (Jawi spelling امت)

  1. very
    Synonyms: begitu, sangat, sungguh, sekali
    Persembahan itu amat menakjubkan!
    That performance was [very] amazing!

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit आमाति (āmāti, “he perceives, he understands”).

Verb

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amat

  1. (literary) to observe, to watch closely, to scrutinize
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • "amat" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
    (also see "amat" at PRPM first version)

Maltese

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Verb

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amat

  1. third-person feminine singular perfect of ama

Pipil

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nahuan *aama-tl. Compare Classical Nahuatl āmatl (“a kind of fig tree; paper”).

Pronunciation

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  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈamat/
  • Hyphenation: a‧mat

Noun

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amat (plural ajamat)

  1. a kind of fig tree (Ficus insipida)
  2. paper
  3. book, document
    Synonym: amachti

Descendants

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  • → Spanish: amate

Tabasco Nahuatl

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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amat

  1. paper

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic, via a form such as Fijian mata or Gilbertese mata.

Adjective

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amat

  1. raw

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