"aam" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

Forms: ame [plural], aampie [diminutive]
Etymology: Inherited from Dutch aam, from Middle Dutch ame, aem, from Latin ama, a variant of hama, from Ancient Greek ἄμη (ámē, “bucket”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|af|nl|aam|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch aam, {{inh+|af|nl|aam}} Inherited from Dutch aam, {{inh|af|dum|ame}} Middle Dutch ame, {{der|af|la|ama}} Latin ama, {{der|af|grc|ἄμη||bucket}} Ancient Greek ἄμη (ámē, “bucket”) Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|ame|||||diminutive|aampie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} aam (plural ame, diminutive aampie), {{af-noun|ame|aampie}} aam (plural ame, diminutive aampie)
  1. (historical) aam (a measure for liquids varying between regions, it was roughly 32 wine gallons in South Africa) Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-aam-af-noun-ZYn8YGdI Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 98 2
  2. (historical, by extension) a barrel with the volume of one aam Tags: broadly, historical
    Sense id: en-aam-af-noun-dXzq4x0a
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: halfaam Related terms: gelling

Inflected forms

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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
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      },
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    },
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        "8": "",
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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