tam

tam

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tamil.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Tamil terms

• IPA^(key): /tæm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Short for tam o'shanter.

tam (plural tams)

1. Clipping of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.
   • 1988 July 1, Bryan Miller, “A Gathering of Scots”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     Despite the blaze of sunshine, woolens were everywhere: tams, kilts, socks drawn up to knobby knees.

From the Cantonese pronunciation of 擔／担.

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

• AMT, ATM, MAT, MTA, Mat, Mat., TMA, amt, amt., atm, mat, mat.

From Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

tam

1. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete

   Mən kitabı hələ tam oxumamışam. ― I have not finished reading the book.

2. completely, really

   Mən bu məsələni tam başa düşmədim. ― I haven't really understood this issue.

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm).

tam (definite accusative tamı, plural tamlar)

1. taste

   Synonym: dad

Declension of tam
	singular	plural
nominative	tam	tamlar
definite accusative	tamı	tamları
dative	tama	tamlara
locative	tamda	tamlarda
ablative	tamdan	tamlardan
definite genitive	tamın	tamların

Possessive forms of tam
	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tamım	tamlarım
sənin (“your”)	tamın	tamların
onun (“his/her/its”)	tamı	tamları
bizim (“our”)	tamımız	tamlarımız
sizin (“your”)	tamınız	tamlarınız
onların (“their”)	tamı or tamları	tamları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tamımı	tamlarımı
sənin (“your”)	tamını	tamlarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	tamını	tamlarını
bizim (“our”)	tamımızı	tamlarımızı
sizin (“your”)	tamınızı	tamlarınızı
onların (“their”)	tamını or tamlarını	tamlarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tamıma	tamlarıma
sənin (“your”)	tamına	tamlarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	tamına	tamlarına
bizim (“our”)	tamımıza	tamlarımıza
sizin (“your”)	tamınıza	tamlarınıza
onların (“their”)	tamına or tamlarına	tamlarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tamımda	tamlarımda
sənin (“your”)	tamında	tamlarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	tamında	tamlarında
bizim (“our”)	tamımızda	tamlarımızda
sizin (“your”)	tamınızda	tamlarınızda
onların (“their”)	tamında or tamlarında	tamlarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tamımdan	tamlarımdan
sənin (“your”)	tamından	tamlarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	tamından	tamlarından
bizim (“our”)	tamımızdan	tamlarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	tamınızdan	tamlarınızdan
onların (“their”)	tamından or tamlarından	tamlarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	tamımın	tamlarımın
sənin (“your”)	tamının	tamlarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	tamının	tamlarının
bizim (“our”)	tamımızın	tamlarımızın
sizin (“your”)	tamınızın	tamlarınızın
onların (“their”)	tamının or tamlarının	tamlarının

• tamsız

• “tam” in Obastan.com.

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

tam

1. water

• Howell, S. (1984). Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia. p. 128.
• Kruspe, N. (2009). Ceq Wong vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmoor, U. (eds.). World Loanword Database.

tam

1. teeming, full

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Czech tamo, from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtam]

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tam

1. there (in or at that place or location)
2. there (to or into that place)

   Antonyms: zpět, zpátky

• “tam”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “tam”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “tam”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

tam

1. tame

• “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɑm

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

1. tame, not wild
2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Declension of tam
uninflected	tam
inflected	tamme
comparative	tammer
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		tam	tammer	het tamst het tamste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	tamme	tammere	tamste
	n. sing.	tam	tammer	tamste
	plural	tamme	tammere	tamste
definite		tamme	tammere	tamste
partitive		tams	tammers	—

• Afrikaans: tam
• Negerhollands: teem

• mat

Borrowed from Latin tam.

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam

1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

• kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

Kabyle cardinal numbers

<  7	8	9  >
Cardinal : tam     Arabic loanword : tmanya

From Proto-Berber.

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam (feminine tamet)

1. eight

   Synonym: tmanya

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: tam

tam (not comparable)

1. there

   Coordinate term: tu

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “tam”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]
• “tam”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

tam

1. honey

• Goldberg, Justin, Asadik, Habte, Bekama, Jiregna, Mengistu, Mulat (2016) Gwama – English Dictionary‎^[4], SIL International

• IPA^(key): /tam/

tam

1. to make something level

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎^[5], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

From Proto-Italic *sei, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂m, accusative of *séh₂, feminine of *só. Compare with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.^[1]

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t̪ä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t̪äm]

tam (not comparable)

1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

   Synonyms: adeō, eō, tantopere, tantum

   Sextus tam iratus erat ut fratrem interficere vellet.

   Sextus was so angry that he wished to kill his brother.

Often coupled with quam.

1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"
   • Spinoza, Ethica Liber V:

     Sed omnia praeclara tam difficilia, quam rara sunt.

     But all things excellent are as rare as they are difficult

Often sets off a subjunctive clause of result.

• tamen
• tamquam
• tandem
• tantus

• “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[6], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • amongst such moral depravity: tam perditis or corruptis moribus
    

tam

1. to that; dative singular masculine of tas

• The dative and adverbial forms have one pronunciation, while the locative form has another.

tám

1. dative singular masculine of tàs

   tám výrui ― to that man

tám

1. for that purpose
2. so that, in order to [followed by kàd + a subordinate clause, often in the subjunctive]

   Válgo daržóves tám, kàd bū́tų sveĩkas. ― (He) eats vegetables in order to be healthy.

tam̃

1. Alternative form of tamè: locative singular masculine of tàs

   tam̃ miestè ― in that city

• “tam”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “tam”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): [tam]

tam

1. there (in that place)

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “tam”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “tam”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

tam

1. Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

tam

1. (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

From Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm).

Central Kurdish	تام (tam)

tam ?

1. taste

• IPA^(key): [tʰɑːm]

tam

1. precisely, exactly

From Old Anatolian Turkish طام (d̥am).

• IPA^(key): [tɑːm]

tam ?

1. house, building, structure

From Old Norse tamr.

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

• temme

• “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse tamr.

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

• temja, temje

• “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• tom

From Proto-West Germanic *tam.

• IPA^(key): /tɑm/

tam

1. tame

• Middle English: tame, tam, tom, tome (early Southwest and Southwest Midlands)
  • English: tame
  • Scots: tame

• tamo

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo. First attested in the 14th century.

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /tam/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /tam/

tam

1. there (at that place)
2. there, thither (to that place)

• Polish: tam
• Silesian: tam

• Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “tam”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “2. tam”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/

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• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: tam

Inherited from Old Polish tam.

tam (not comparable)

1. there (at that place)

   Coordinate term: tu

2. there, thither (to that place)

   Synonym: dotąd

   Coordinate term: tu

• ta (Kuyavia)
• tamoj (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, Kuyavia)
• tamo (Chełmno-Dobrzyń)
• tamuj (Near Masovian)

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tam (adverb) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 34 times in scientific texts, 35 times in news, 70 times in essays, 148 times in fiction, and 216 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 503 times, making it the 87th most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[1]

tam

1. contrastive particle

   Ja tam to lubię. ― Yeah well I like it.

2. (colloquial) particle that reduces the importance of something some

   coś tam ― something or other

3. (colloquial) particle that marks a statement as inadequately describing something

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), tam (particle) is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 0 times in essays, 27 times in fiction, and 78 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 105 times, making it the 593rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[2]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tam f

1. genitive plural of tama

• tam in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “TAM I”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2016 May 10
• “TAM II”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 2008 January 14
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “tam”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “tam”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1919), “tam”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 7, Warsaw, page 15

tam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of tão.

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *tam- (“to drip”). Cognate with Southern Altai тамар (tamar, “to drip”), Turkish damlamak.

tam

1. (intransitive) to drip

• Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “tam”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

tam (Cyrillic spelling там)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

   Synonym: tamo

Inherited from Old Polish tam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: tam

tam

1. there (at that place)

   Synonyms: (regional) hań, (Cieszyń) hanej, (Cieszyń) han

   Coordinate terms: sam, tukej, tu

tam

1. (expressive) particle that highlights the similarities of something

• tam in dykcjonorz.eu
• tam in silling.org

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/

tam

1. there

   Antonym: tu

2. thither

   Synonym: ta

   Antonym: sem

• “tam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo.

• IPA^(key): /tám/

tȁm

1. there, in that place

• “tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-.

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

1. tame (not afraid of people)
2. (often in compounds) domestic, domesticated

   Synonym: domesticerad

• tamdjur (“domestic animal”)
• tamfår (“domestic sheep”)
• tamkatt (“domestic cat”)

• tämja

• tam in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tam in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tam in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mat, mat.

tam

1. wall

From Ottoman Turkish تام (tam, “complete, exact; completely, exactly”), from Arabic تَامّ (tāmm).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑm/

tam

1. complete, absolute
2. full, entire

• tam sayı
• tamlık

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “tam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “تام”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[7], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 480

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tamo. Cognate with Lower Sorbian tam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtam/
• Rhymes: -am
• Hyphenation: tam
• Syllabification: tam

tam

1. there

• “tam” in Soblex

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːm˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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tam

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 三

• ba

From Proto-Vietic *k-saːm. Cognate with Arem katʰæːm, Thavung saːm¹, Kuy sɛːm, Khmu [Cuang] hɛːm.

The term was probably already archaic by the time it started to be written down and was only attested in the compound 󰞿三 (anh tam, “elder brother and younger sibling”).

tam • (三)

1. (obsolete) younger sibling
   • 15th century, Nguyễn Trãi, “述興 Thuật hứng 19”, in Quốc âm thi tập (國音詩集):

     𡶀廊盈𪀄部伴
     𩄲客次月󰞿三

     Núi láng diềng, chim bầu bạn,
     Mây khách thứa, nguyệt anh tam.

     Mountains as neighbors, birds are friends,
     Clouds as guests, the moon is my kin.

tam

1. taste

• bêtam
• tamey
• tamin
• tamkar
• tam kerden
• tamser
• tam kerdış