ampte

ampte

1. plural of amp

• amete, amote, amte, emete, emot, emotte, empt, empte
• ante, aunt (Late Middle English)

From Old English ǣmete, from Proto-West Germanic *āmaitijā.

The late Middle English pronunciation /au̯nt/, showing a development of /mt/ to /u̯nt/, is continued by dialectal modern English /ɑːnt/.

• IPA^(key): /ˈampt(ə)/, /ˈɛmpt(ə)/, /ˈam(ə)t(ə)/, /ˈɛm(ə)t(ə)/
• IPA^(key): /ant/, /au̯nt/ (Late Middle English)

ampte (plural ampten or amptes)

1. An ant; a formicid.
2. (rare) A mantid.

• English: ant, emmet
• Scots: emmot, emott, imat
• ⇒ Yola: emothee

• “ampte, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 August 2018.