am-am

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Undetermined.

Verb

am-am

  1. to appease; to mollify; to pacify

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 泔淊 (ám-ám).[1] Compare Tagalog aam, Sakizaya aam, Hokkien 飲／饮 (ám), Cantonese 飲飲食食／饮饮食食 (jam2 jam2 sik6 sik6).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: am‧am

Noun

am-am

  1. (childish) food

Verb

am-am

  1. (childish) to eat

References
  1. Douglas, Carstairs (1899), “ám-ám”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, London: Presbyterian Church of England, page 3
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