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語源 1

• As an English and German surname, variant of Hamm.
• As a Dutch surname, from the noun ham (“bend in a river”). Compare Van Ham, Vanderham.
• As a French surname, from several placenames, from the Frankish source of the Dutch word above.
• As a Serbo-Croatian, Slovak and Hungarian surname (Hám), from the noun hám (“harness”), and sometimes from the German sense above.
• As a Slovene surname, possibly from the "harness" or German senses above, or from ham (“grab, bite”).
• As a Czech surname, shortened from Abraham.
• As a Korean surname, from the name 함 (ham) (more at Ham). Compare Hahm.
• As a Chinese surname, from several names such as 咸 (xián) (see Xian), 闞 / 阚 (see Kan), 范 (fàn) (see fan), 譚 / 谭 (tán) (see Tan), and possibly 涵 (hán, “contain”).
• In some English surnames, from 古期英語 hām, probably reduced from a name using it as a suffix -ham.

発音

• IPA: /hæm/
• 韻: -æm
• Homophone: ham

固有名詞

Ham (countable and uncountable, plural Hams)

1. A surname.
2. A suburb and ward in Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX4657).
3. A small village in Ham and Stone parish, Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6898).
4. A suburban area in the borough of Richmond upon Thames and borough of Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ1771).
5. Two districts (East Ham and West Ham) in borough of Newham, Greater London.
6. A hamlet in Northbourne parish, Dover district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3254).
7. A small village and civil parish in eastern Wiltshire, England, south of Hungerford, West Berkshire (OS grid ref SU3363).
8. A village in Caithness, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref ND2373)

派生語

語源 2

From Hebrew חָם.

発音

• IPA: /hæm/
• 韻: -æm
• Homophone: ham

固有名詞

Ham

1. (biblical) A son of Noah and the brother of Japheth and Shem.

派生語

• Hamite
• Hamitic

参照

アナグラム

• HMA, MHA, Mah, mah

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: (always unstressed) /əm/, /həm/
• (米国発音) IPA: (with secondary stress) /ˌhæm/, (unstressed) /həm/, /əm/

This suffix often triggers a spelling pronunciation, especially after -t, as in town names like Grantham. When this happens, the /h/ in -ham is no longer pronounced.

接尾辞

-ham

1. Place-name suffix, variously indicating a settlement, farm or enclosure.

派生語

関連する語

• -hampton
• -hamsted, -hamstead, -hampstead (compare also homestead)

Further reading

• Key to English Place-names (2005), Institute for Name Studies, University of Nottingham.