"am-am" meaning in Cebuano

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Noun

Forms: alam-alam [alternative]
Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic or possibly a reduplication of Hokkien 飲 /饮 (ám, “rice water”) and reduplication of Hokkien 唵 (ām, “to eat”, childish). Compare Tagalog am (“rice water”), Sakizaya aam (“congee”), Cantonese 飲飲食食 /饮饮食食 (jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|ceb|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{rdp|ceb||nocap=1}} reduplication, {{bor|ceb|nan-hbl|飲|t=rice water|tr=ám}} Hokkien 飲 /饮 (ám, “rice water”), {{rdp|ceb||nocap=1}} reduplication, {{bor|ceb|nan-hbl|唵|pos=childish|t=to eat|tr=ām}} Hokkien 唵 (ām, “to eat”, childish), {{cog|tl|am|t=rice water}} Tagalog am (“rice water”), {{cog|szy|aam|t=congee}} Sakizaya aam (“congee”), {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{cog|yue|飲飲食食|tr=jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶}} Cantonese 飲飲食食 /饮饮食食 (jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶) Head templates: {{head|ceb|noun}} am-am
  1. (childish) food Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-am-am-ceb-noun-wfAmWC~m Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cebuano entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: alam-alam [alternative]
Etymology: Undetermined. Head templates: {{head|ceb|verb}} am-am
  1. to appease; to mollify; to pacify
    Sense id: en-am-am-ceb-verb-ClL52OKL Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header, Cebuano onomatopoeias, Cebuano reduplications, Min Nan links with redundant alt parameters, Min Nan links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cebuano entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Cebuano onomatopoeias: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Cebuano reduplications: 0 100 0 Disambiguation of Min Nan links with redundant alt parameters: 22 55 22 Disambiguation of Min Nan links with redundant wikilinks: 25 51 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: alam-alam [alternative]
Etymology: Possibly onomatopoeic or possibly a reduplication of Hokkien 飲 /饮 (ám, “rice water”) and reduplication of Hokkien 唵 (ām, “to eat”, childish). Compare Tagalog am (“rice water”), Sakizaya aam (“congee”), Cantonese 飲飲食食 /饮饮食食 (jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶). Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|ceb|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic, {{rdp|ceb||nocap=1}} reduplication, {{bor|ceb|nan-hbl|飲|t=rice water|tr=ám}} Hokkien 飲 /饮 (ám, “rice water”), {{rdp|ceb||nocap=1}} reduplication, {{bor|ceb|nan-hbl|唵|pos=childish|t=to eat|tr=ām}} Hokkien 唵 (ām, “to eat”, childish), {{cog|tl|am|t=rice water}} Tagalog am (“rice water”), {{cog|szy|aam|t=congee}} Sakizaya aam (“congee”), {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|2}} ², {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{sup|6}} ⁶, {{cog|yue|飲飲食食|tr=jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶}} Cantonese 飲飲食食 /饮饮食食 (jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶) Head templates: {{head|ceb|verb}} am-am
  1. (childish) to eat Tags: childish
    Sense id: en-am-am-ceb-verb-Unr3wQmn Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Cebuano entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 36 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 30 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "1": "szy",
        "2": "aam",
        "t": "congee"
      },
      "expansion": "Sakizaya aam (“congee”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "²",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "²",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "6"
      },
      "expansion": "⁶",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "6"
      },
      "expansion": "⁶",
      "name": "sup"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "飲飲食食",
        "tr": "jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶"
      },
      "expansion": "Cantonese 飲飲食食 /饮饮食食 (jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Possibly onomatopoeic or possibly a reduplication of Hokkien 飲 /饮 (ám, “rice water”) and reduplication of Hokkien 唵 (ām, “to eat”, childish). Compare Tagalog am (“rice water”), Sakizaya aam (“congee”), Cantonese 飲飲食食 /饮饮食食 (jam² jam² sik⁶ sik⁶).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alam-alam",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ceb",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "am-am",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "am",
        "am"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Cebuano",
  "lang_code": "ceb",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cebuano childish terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to eat"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "eat",
          "eat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(childish) to eat"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "childish"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "am-am"
}

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