ham

ham (cured pork from the thigh of a swine)

head

ham (plural hamme, diminutive hammetjie)

Inherited from Dutch ham, from Middle Dutch hamme, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *hammō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).


ham

ham (meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food)

Derived from English ham, from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).


ham

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami. Cognates include Indonesian kami and Tagalog kami.


ham

2016 August 22, 郭富城 [Aaron Kwok], quotee, “隨時有驚喜！郭富城爆智能舞台未玩盡”, in 東網 [on.cc]:

zoi³ gwo³ 26 zau¹ nin⁴, hou² waa⁶ m⁴ hou² teng¹, ho² nang⁴ ngo⁵ dou¹ ‘hem¹’ zo², ni¹ gei² nin⁴ hou² do¹ zung⁶ jiu³ ge³ jan⁴ waak⁶ ze² jin² coeng³ wui⁶⁻² ge³ pang⁴ jau⁵ lei⁴ hoi¹ zo², ngo⁵ zung⁶ ho² ji⁵ kei⁵ hai² toi⁴ dou⁶ tung⁴ daai⁶ gaa¹ biu² jin², hai⁶ zik⁶ dak¹ ge³.

再過26周年，好話唔好聽，可能我都『ham』咗，呢幾年好多重要嘅人或者演唱會嘅朋友離開咗，我仲可以企喺台度同大家表演，係值得嘅。

再过26周年，好话唔好听，可能我都『ham』咗，呢几年好多重要嘅人或者演唱会嘅朋友离开咗，我仲可以企喺台度同大家表演，系值得嘅。

(Hong Kong Cantonese, slang, euphemistic) to die

† - euphemistic; ‡ - usually of the elderly; ¤ - humorous; § - derogatory/disrespectful


ham

head

ham c (singular definite hammen, plural indefinite hamme)

hammen (definite singular)
hamme (indefinite plural)
ham (indefinite nominative singular)
hammen (definite nominative singular)
hamme (indefinite nominative plural)
hammene (definite nominative plural)
hams (genitive indefinite singular)
hammens (definite genitive singular)
hammes (genitive indefinite plural)
hammenes (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Norse hamr, Proto-Germanic *hamaz, *hamô.


ham

Older hannem, from Old Norse hǫnum, the dative of hann (“he”). Compare Swedish honom.


ham

nl-noun

ham f (plural hammen, diminutive hammetje n)

hammen (plural)
hammetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: ham

Inherited from Middle Dutch hamme, from Old Dutch *hama, from Proto-Germanic *hammō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).


ham

(anatomy) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.

(countable) A thigh and buttock of an animal slaughtered for meat.

a little piece of ham for the cat

She put some ham in the beans and cut up some sweet potatoes to boil.

2012, Audra Lilly Griffeth, A King's Daughter, →ISBN:

(uncountable) Meat from the thigh of a hog cured for food.

(Internet, informal, uncommon) Electronic mail that is wanted; mail that is not spam or junk mail.

en-noun

ham (countable and uncountable, plural hams)

թամբ

thigh and buttock of any animal slaughtered for meat

Inherited from Middle English hamme, from Old English hamm (“inner or hind part of the knee, ham”), from Proto-Germanic *hamō, *hammō, *hanmō, from Proto-Indo-European *kónh₂m (“leg”).
Cognate with Dutch ham (“ham”), dialectal German Hamme (“hind part of the knee, ham”), dialectal Swedish ham (“the hind part of the knee”), Icelandic höm (“the ham or haunch of a horse”), Old Irish cnáim (“bone”), Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “shinbone”). Compare gammon.


ham

Writing in The New Yorker in 2005, James Wood praised Mr. McCarthy as “a colossally gifted writer” and “one of the great hams of American prose, who delights in producing a histrionic rhetoric that brilliantly ventriloquizes the King James Bible, Shakespearean and Jacobean tragedy, Melville, Conrad, and Faulkner.”

2023 June 13, Dwight Garner, quoting James Wood, “Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(acting) An overacting or amateurish performer; an actor with an especially showy or exaggerated style.

Uncertain, though it is generally agreed upon that it first appeared in print around the 1880s. At least four theories persist:
* It came naturally from the word amateur. Deemed likely by Hendrickson (1997), but then the question would be why it took so long to pop up. He rejects the folk etymology of Cockney slang hamateur because it originated in American English.
* From the play Hamlet, where the title character was often played poorly and/or in an exaggerated manner. Also deemed likely by Hendrickson, though he raises the issue that the term would have likely been around earlier if this were case.
* From the minstrel's practice of using ham fat to remove heavy black makeup used during performances.
* Shortened from hamfatter (“inferior actor”), said to derive from the 1863 minstrel show song The Ham-fat Man. William and Mary Morris (1988) argue that it's not known whether the song inspired the term or the term inspired the song, but that they believe the latter is the case.


ham

(acting) To overact; to act with exaggerated emotions.

en-verb

ham (third-person singular simple present hams, present participle hamming, simple past and past participle hammed)

hams (present singular third-person)
hamming (participle present)
hammed (participle past)
hammed (past)


ham

Ham khelegaa!

I (1st person singular personal pronoun)


ham

(reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of haver


ham

Wir ham grad gefrühstückt.


ham

Inherited from Old English ham, hamm (“enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *hamm, from Proto-Germanic *hammaz.


ham

Alternative form of hamme (“back of the knee”)


ham

c1225, Þe Liflade ant te Passiun of Seinte Iuliene, ed. S. T. R. O. d'Ardenne, pp. 3-71.
[Juliana] custe ham coss os peis [Roy: acos of pes] alle as ha stoden.

(Early Middle English) Alternative form of hem (“them”)


ham

(Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of hom (“home”)


ham

him (third-person masculine object case of hi, full form)

it (third-person neuter object case of hat, full form)

(Föhr-Amrum) her (third-person feminine object case of hat, full form)

The reduced forms with an apostrophe are enclitic. They immediately follow verbs

conjunctions. Dü is deleted altogether in such contexts. At is not enclitic

it can stand in any position so long as it is unstressed. It mostly refers to things. Dual forms wat


ham

skin or slough (discarded skin of certain animals)

hammen (definite singular)
hammer (indefinite plural)
hammene (definite plural)


ham

hamen (definite singular)
hamar (indefinite plural)
hamane (definite plural)


ham

c. 992, Ælfric, "The Assumption of St. John the Apostle"
Ða het se apostol ða bære settan, and cwæð, "Min Drihten, Hælend Crist! Arære ðe, Drusiana; aris, and ġecyrr hām, and gearca ús gereordunge on þinum hūse." Drusiana þa arás swilce of slæpe awreht, and, carfull be ðæs apostoles hæse, hām gewende.

Then the apostle bade them set down the bier, and said, "My Lord, Jesus Christ! Raise thee, Drusiana; arise, and return home, and prepare refection for us in thy house." Drusiana then arose as if from sleep awakened, and, mindful of the apostle's command, returned home.

late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint Maur, Abbot"
...and forġeaf sumne hām tō þǣre hālgan stōwe...

...and gave certain property to the holy place...

hām (canonical masculine)
hām (nominative singular)
hāmas (nominative plural)
hām (accusative singular)
hāmas (accusative plural)
hāmes (genitive singular)
hāma (genitive plural)
hām (dative singular)
hāme (dative singular)
hāmum (dative plural)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz.


ham

hām gān

hām cuman

hām ċierran

hām bringan

desctree

Middle English: hom, hoom, home, hoome, whom, om, am, hame (Northern), ham (Early Middle English)
English: home, -ham (partially)
Geordie English: hyem
Scots: hame
Yola: hime, hyme, haime


ham

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hammaz. Cognate with Old Frisian ham, Middle Low German hamme (Low Low German Hamm).


ham

ham (nominative singular)
hamas (nominative plural)
ham (accusative singular)
hamas (accusative plural)
hames (genitive singular)
hama (genitive plural)
hame (dative singular)
hamum (dative plural)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *ham, from Proto-Germanic *hamaz (“covering”). Cognate with Old Norse hamr.


ham

fro-noun

ham oblique singular, m (oblique plural hans, nominative singular hans, nominative plural ham)

ham oblique singular or (canonical masculine)
hans (oblique plural)
hans (nominative singular)
ham (nominative plural)

Walloon: hamea, amia, hamia

Walloon: hamtea, hametê, hamtia, amtia

⇒ Old French: hamel

Middle French: hamel

French: hameau

Walloon: hamô

→ Middle English: hamel

desctree

⇒ Old French: hamelet, hamlet
Middle French: hamelet
→ Middle English: hamelet, hamlet
Early Scots: hamillet, hamlet, hamelat, hamelet
English: hamlet

Borrowed from Frankish *haim (“home, village”).


ham

North Frisian: hamm

Saterland Frisian: Heem

West Frisian: hiem

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *haim. Cognates include Old English hām and Old Saxon hēm.


ham

hamuri (plural)
ham (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
un ham (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
hamul (accusative definite nominative singular)
hamuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
niște hamuri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
hamurile (accusative definite nominative plural)
ham (dative genitive indefinite singular)
unui ham (dative genitive indefinite singular)
hamului (dative definite genitive singular)
hamuri (dative genitive indefinite plural)
unor hamuri (dative genitive indefinite plural)
hamurilor (dative definite genitive plural)
hamule (singular vocative)
hamurilor (plural vocative)


ham

(most dialects, including Mangar, Bokkos, Daffo-Butura, Shagawu) water


ham

hȃm (canonical masculine)
ха̑м (Cyrillic)


ham

ham chơi

(disapproving) to be obsessed with fooling around


ham

Ich drowe ham.

1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY: