bam
Translingual
Etymology
Clipping of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#BAM BambaraCategory:Translingual clippings#BAM.
Symbol
bamCategory:Translingual lemmas#BAMCategory:Translingual symbols#BAMCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#BAMCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
See also
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
OnomatopoeicCategory:English onomatopoeias#BAM.
Interjection
bamCategory:English lemmas#BAMCategory:English interjections#BAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
- The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.Category:English terms with usage examples#BAM
- 2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 266:
- We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway. They padded up the red carpet, bam-bam-bam, and across the landing and then up the next flight at a gallop, bam-bam-bam.Category:English terms with quotations#BAM
- Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
- She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.Category:English terms with usage examples#BAM
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
bam (plural bams)Category:English lemmas#BAMCategory:English nouns#BAMCategory:English countable nouns#BAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
Etymology 3
Perhaps from bamboozle.
Noun
bam (plural bams)Category:English lemmas#BAMCategory:English nouns#BAMCategory:English countable nouns#BAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- (slangCategory:English slang#BAM, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#BAM) An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.
- 1844, John Wilson, Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns:
- To relieve the tedium he kept plying them with all manner of bams.Category:English terms with quotations#BAM
Verb
bam (third-person singular simple present bams, present participle bamming, simple past and past participle bammed)Category:English lemmas#BAMCategory:English verbs#BAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- (slangCategory:English slang#BAM, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#BAM) To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
- 1774, Samuel Foote, The Cozeners:
- This is some conspiracy, I suppose, to bam, to chouse me out of my moneyCategory:English terms with quotations#BAM
- 1747, David Garrick, Miss in Her Teens: or the Medley of Lovers, Act II, in The Plays of David Garrick: A Complete Collection of the Social Satires, French Adaptations, Pantomimes, Christmas and Musical Plays, Preludes, Interludes, and Burlesques, ed. Harry William Pedicord and Fredrick Louis Bergmann, vol. 1 (Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1980), 93
- I’ll break a lamp, bully a constable, bam a justice, or bilk a boxkeeper with any man in the liberties of Westminster.
- (slangCategory:English slang#BAM, archaicCategory:English terms with archaic senses#BAM) To jeer or make fun of.
Etymology 4
Noun
bam (plural bams)Category:English lemmas#BAMCategory:English nouns#BAMCategory:English countable nouns#BAMCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- Abbreviation of bare-arse minimumCategory:English abbreviations#BAM. (Can we add an example for this sense?)Category:Requests for example sentences in English#BAM
Anagrams
Category:English 3-letter words#BAM Category:en:Sounds#BAMChinese
Etymology
Misspelling of EnglishCategory:Cantonese terms borrowed from English#BAMCategory:Cantonese terms derived from English#BAM ban. Doublet of banCategory:Cantonese doublets#BAM.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: bem1
- Cantonese Pinyin: bem1
- Guangdong Romanization: bém1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pɛːm⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
bamCategory:Chinese lemmas#BAMCategory:Chinese verbs#BAMCategory:Chinese entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- (Hong Kong CantoneseCategory:Hong Kong Cantonese#BAM, Internet slangCategory:Chinese internet slang#BAM, leetspeakCategory:Chinese leetspeak#BAM, neologismCategory:Chinese neologisms#BAM) to ban [2006]
Derived terms
Iban
Pronunciation
Adjective
bamCategory:Iban lemmas#BAMCategory:Iban adjectives#BAMCategory:Iban entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbam/Category:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#BAM
- Rhymes: -bam, -am, -mCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/bam#BAMCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/bam/1 syllable#BAMCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/am#BAMCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/am/1 syllable#BAMCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/m#BAMCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/m/1 syllable#BAM
Etymology 1
From MalayCategory:Indonesian terms inherited from Malay#BAMCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Malay#BAM bam, from PersianCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Persian#BAM بام (bâm, “ceiling”).[1]
Noun
bam (plural bam-bam)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BAMCategory:Indonesian nouns#BAMCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
Etymology 2
OnomatopoeicCategory:Indonesian onomatopoeias#BAM
Noun
bam (plural bam-bam)Category:Indonesian lemmas#BAMCategory:Indonesian nouns#BAMCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- bam: boom of a large drum
References
- ↑ Mohammad Khosh Haikal Azad (2018), “Historical Cultural Linkages between Iran and Southeast Asia: Entered Persian Vocabularies in the Malay Language”, in Journal of Cultural Relation (in Persian), pages 117-144
Further reading
- “bam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Old English
Pronunciation
Determiner
bāmCategory:Old English non-lemma forms#BAMCategory:Old English determiner forms#BAMCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- baem (Late Old Frisian)
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BAMCategory:Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BAM *baum, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BAMCategory:Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BAM *baumaz (“tree; balk, beam”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Old Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BAM *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, grow”). Cognates include Old English bēam, Old Saxon bōm and Old Dutch bōm.
Pronunciation
Noun
bām mCategory:Old Frisian lemmas#BAMCategory:Old Frisian nouns#BAMCategory:Old Frisian entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Old Frisian masculine nouns#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Saxon
Noun
bām mCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#BAMCategory:Old Saxon nouns#BAMCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Old Saxon masculine nouns#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- alternative form of bom
Pnar
Etymology
From Proto-KhasianCategory:Pnar terms inherited from Proto-Khasian#BAMCategory:Pnar terms derived from Proto-Khasian#BAM *baːm (“to eat”), from Proto-Mon-KhmerCategory:Pnar terms derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer#BAM *ɓaam (“to chew”). Cognate with Khasi bam, Blang [La Gang] pá̤m, Ngeq baːm.
Pronunciation
Verb
bamCategory:Pnar lemmas#BAMCategory:Pnar verbs#BAMCategory:Pnar entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- to eat
Polish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Interjection
bamCategory:Polish lemmas#BAMCategory:Polish interjections#BAMCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- dong, ding dong (used when imitating a clock or watch)
- Synonyms: bim-bam, bim-bam-bom
Further reading
- “bam”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN (in Polish)
Romanian
Etymology
Interjection
bamCategory:Romanian lemmas#BAMCategory:Romanian interjections#BAMCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
References
Tày
Pronunciation
- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [ɓaːm˧˥]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [ɓaːm˦]Category:Tày terms with IPA pronunciation#BAM
Adjective
bamCategory:Tày lemmas#BAMCategory:Tày adjectives#BAMCategory:Tày entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
- concave
- Lâ̱ư nà mì lai búng bam.
- The fields have a lot of indented areas.
References
Volapük
Noun
bam (genitive bama, plural bams)Category:Volapük lemmas#BAMCategory:Volapük nouns#BAMCategory:Volapük entries with incorrect language header#BAMCategory:Pages with entries#BAMCategory:Pages with 13 entries#BAM
Declension
Further reading
- “bam”, in Vödabuk (in English, Esperanto, and Volapük)