omma

See also: Omma, ömma, and ὄμμα

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Cornish om(m)a, from Proto-Celtic *uman. Comparable to Welsh yma.

Adverb

omma

  1. here (in or to this place)

Estonian

Noun

omma

  1. illative singular of oma

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse amma, from Proto-Germanic *ammǭ.

Noun

omma f (genitive singular ommu, plural ommur)

  1. grandmother

Declension

f1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative omma omman ommur ommurnar
accusative ommu ommuna ommur ommurnar
dative ommu ommuni ommum ommunum
genitive ommu ommunnar omma ommanna

Old Frisian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from a lost verb *ondia (“to breathe”) +‎ -ma (agentive suffix), literally “breather”, this is from Proto-West Germanic *anadōn, from Proto-Germanic *anadōną (“to exhale, breathe”), related to Old Norse anda (“to breathe, live”). In the other West Germanic languages, the meaning of *anadōn has shifted: Old High German antōn (“to act against”), Old English andian (“to envy”).[1]

Alternatively, from a Proto-West Germanic *ammō, from Proto-Germanic *ammô, *anmô, from *ananą (“to breathe”) +‎ *-mô (agentive suffix, an earlier form of Old Frisian -ma), connecting it with Latin animus and Proto-Celtic *anaman.[2][3]

A third etymology derives this word from *āmma, *āthma, variants of Old Frisian ēthma, ādema, from Proto-West Germanic *āþmō, *āþm (“breathing; breath”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz (“breath, breathing”). If so, then cognate with Old English ǣþm (“breath”), Old Saxon āthom (“breath”).

Noun

omma m

  1. breath
  2. spirit

Descendants

  • North Frisian: ome
  • Saterland Frisian: Omme
  • West Frisian: amme

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*anadan”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26
  2. ^ Boutkan, Dirk; Siebinga, Sjoerd (2005), “andern”, in Old Frisian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 1), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 23
  3. ^ Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009), An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَامَّه (āmma, “public, populace, common people”), from Arabic عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “most general part of; common people”).

Noun

omma (plural ommalar)

  1. public, mass, audience

Yogad

Conjunction

omma

  1. or
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