namme

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian namna, from Proto-West Germanic *namnijan. Cognates include West Frisian neame and German nennen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnamə/
  • Hyphenation: nam‧me
  • Rhymes: -amə

Verb

namme

  1. (transitive) to name; to call
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:
      Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.
      Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).

Conjugation
Conjugation of namme (weak type 1)
Grúundfoarme namme
Infinitive tou nammen
Present tense Past tense
iek namme wie namme iek namde wie namden
du namst jie namme du namdest jie namden
hie/ju/dät namt jo namme hie/ju/dät namde jo namden
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
nammend Singular nam häbe namd
Plural nammet

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015), “namme”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian noma, nama, from Proto-West Germanic *namō, from Proto-Germanic *namô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

namme c (plural nammen, diminutive namke)

  1. name

Derived terms
  • nammeleas
  • nammentlik

Further reading
  • “namme”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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