ameti

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See also: ameți

Esperanto[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ami (to love) +‎ -et-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): [aˈmeti]
  • Rhymes: -eti
  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧ti

Verb[edit]

ameti (present ametas, past ametis, future ametos, conditional ametus, volitive ametu)

  1. to love a little, to like, be fond of
    • Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga Heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 7,
      Nu, malgraŭ ĉio mi ne povas ne ameti sinjoron Hill; sed, sinjoro Marston, tiujn du hispanojn mi malfidas.
      Well, in spite of everything, I can’t help liking Mr. Hill; but Mr. Marston, I don’t trust those two Spaniards.
    • H. J. Bulthuis (translator), Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Part 2, Chapter 24,
      mi havos multan penon kontentigi vin; sed kiam vi plene alkutimiĝos al mi, vi eble denove min ametos—mi diras: vi ametos, sed ne amos min.
      I shall have much ado to please you: but when you get well used to me, you will perhaps like me again,—like me, I say, not love me.

Conjugation[edit]

Related terms[edit]

  • ameto (fondness, liking)

Galician[edit]

Verb[edit]

ameti

  1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ameter

Sranan Tongo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English or Dutch ham + meti (meat).

Noun[edit]

ameti

  1. smoked ham