kam

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3language code forKamba.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kamba terms

FromWelshcam(“bent, crooked, distorted”), fromMiddle Welshcam, fromOld Welshcam, fromProto-Brythonic*kam, fromProto-Celtic*kambos.

Cognate withScottish Gaeliccam,Irishcam,Frenchcamus(“flat-nosed”) and more distantlyAncient Greekσκαμβός(skambós,“crooked, bent, bow-legged”).Doublet ofcamous.

kam (notcomparable)

1. (obsolete)Crooked,awry.
   • c.1608–1609 (date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene i]:

     This is cleankam.

• “cam,adj. andadv.”, inOED Online ⁠, Oxford:Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

• AMK,KMA,Mak,ma'k,mak

FromDutchkam.

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kam (pluralkamme)

1. comb

• IPA^(key):[ka̠m]

kam (Kana spellingカㇺ)

1. flesh,meat

   unmakamhure.

   Horse meat is red.

• kom —Kosovo

Suppletive. The present, imperfect, and subjunctive are fromProto-Albanian*kapmi, fromProto-Indo-European*kap-(“to seize, to grasp”), cognate withLatincapiō(“take, seize”) andProto-Germanic*habjaną(“to have, to hold”) (whenceEnglishhave,Germanhaben(“to have”),Gothic𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽(haban,“to have”)). The other tenses and participle are fromProto-Albanian*pat(i)-, fromProto-Indo-European*pótis(“owner, master, host, husband”), cognate withLatinpotis(“able, capable”),Ancient Greekπόσις(pósis),Sanskritपति(páti).^[1]

• IPA^(key):[kam]

kam (aoristpata,participlepasur)

1. tohave
2. (impersonal, third person)there is

• active voice

• kap

• kan,tam

Inherited fromRomanikham.

• IPA^(key):[ˈkʰæm],[ˈcæm]

kam

1. sun

• “kam”, inAngloromani Dictionary‎^[1], The Manchester Romani Project,2004-2006, archived fromthe original onNovember 26, 2021, page141

Borrowed fromClassical Persianکام.

• IPA^(key):[cam],[t͡ʃɑm]

kam (definite accusativekamı,pluralkamlar)

1. wish,desire

   Synonyms:arzu,dilək,istək

2. pleasure

   Synonyms:ləzzət,zövq

• “kam” inObastan.com.

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kam

1. (Cantonese, of people)cringe;weird;awkward

   kam撚[Cantonese]  ― kem⁵ lan²[Jyutping]  ― cringe person

2. (Cantonese, of event or action)cringe;embarrassing

Onomatopoeic.

kam

1. (Cantonese) toclear one's throat

• kem,鉗 /钳(qián)

Inherited fromOld Czechkam(o), fromProto-Slavic*kamo.

• IPA^(key):[ˈkam]

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kam

1. where,whither(to what place)

   Antonym:odkud

• “kam”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
• “kam”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
• “kam”, inInternetová jazyková příručka (in Czech),2008–2025

FromOld Norsekambr, fromProto-Germanic*kambaz,Norwegian,Swedishkam,Englishcomb,GermanKamm. The Germanic noun goes back toProto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos(“tooth, peg”), which is also the source of Sanskrit:जम्भः(jámbhaḥ,“tooth”),Ancient Greekγόμφος(gómphos,“peg”),Polishząb(“tooth”).

kam c (singular definitekammen,plural indefinitekamme)

1. comb
2. crest(of an animal)
3. loin,back(of a butchered animal)
4. ridge(of a mountain)

• “kam” inDen Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key):/kɑm/
• Rhymes:-ɑm

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FromMiddle Dutchkamp, fromOld Dutch*kamb, fromProto-West Germanic*kamb, fromProto-Germanic*kambaz(“comb”), fromProto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos(“tooth; row of teeth”).

kam m (pluralkammen,diminutivekammetje n)

1. acomb, utensil togroom hair, fur etc.
2. (by extension) aridge orcomb-like structure

   Dekam van de berg is bedekt met sneeuw. ―Theridge of the mountain is covered in snow.

3. (technical) acam
4. abridge (e.g. of a violin)

• Afrikaans:kam
• Berbice Creole Dutch:kam
• Negerhollands:kam
• Skepi Creole Dutch:kam
• → English:cam
  • → Welsh:cam
• → French:came
  • → Romanian:camă
• → Italian:camma
• → Sranan Tongo:kankan,kam,kamm
  • → Aukan:kankan
  • → Saramaccan:kán

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

kam

1. inflection ofkammen:
   1. first-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. (in case ofinversion)second-personsingularpresentindicative
   3. imperative

• mak

Borrowed fromAssameseকাম(kam).

kam

1. work

• kam ka·a

• IPA^(key):[kaːm]

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kam

1. first/third-personsingularpreterite ofkommen

• IPA^(key):/kám/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA^(key):[kám]

kam

1. firmly,tightly
2. adamant,insistent

• kam-kam

Borrowed from Latinquam. The initialqu was changed tok so as not to cause confusion with the word withquan.

• IPA^(key):/kam/

kam

1. than,as,to(in comparison)

   La karno esas plu freshakam la fisho. ―The meat is fresherthan the fish.

   Co esastam utilakam to. ―This one is as usefulas that one.

• tam

• kamiéń,kamiń

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*kamy.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkam/
• Rhymes:-am
• Syllabification:kam

kam m inan

1. stone(piece of rock that has been separated)

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “kam”, inSłownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page66
• Sychta, Bernard (1968) “kam”, inSłownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page125
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kamień”, inSłownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “kamień”, inSłownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “kam”, inInternetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby,2022

kam

1. dative ofkas

kam

1. dative ofkas
2. (derogatory) (interrogative)why, for what reason, what's the reason (literally: who for)

   O kam tau to reikia?

   And why do you barely need this?

• (why)kodėl
• (why)dėl ko

FromArmenianկամ(kam).^[1][2]

kam ?[3]

1. threshing sledge,threshing board

   Synonyms:cencer,patoz

FromOld Norsekambr.

kam m (definite singularkammen,indefinite pluralkammer,definite pluralkammene)

1. acomb

• fjellkam
• kamaksel
• åskam

• “kam” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromOld Norsekambr. Akin toEnglishcomb.

• IPA^(key):/kɑmː/

kam m (definite singularkammen,indefinite pluralkammar,definite pluralkammane)

1. acomb

• bjørnekam
• fjellkam
• kamaksel
• lusekam
• åskam

• “kam” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed fromUrduکم(kam), fromPersianکم(kam).

• IPA^(key):/kam/

kam (invariable,Perso-Arabic spellingکم)

1. less
2. inferior

• Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “kam”, inPalula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives,→ISBN

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*kamy.

• IPA^(key):/kâːm/

kȃm m (Cyrillic spellingка̑м)

1. (poetic)stone,rock

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*kamo.

kam (Cyrillic spellingкам)

1. (Kajkavian)where (to), in whichdirection,whither

   Synonym:kamo

• kamë,kamjeń

Inherited fromProto-Slavic*kamy.

• IPA^(key):/ˈkam/
• Rhymes:-am
• Syllabification:kam

kam m inan

1. stone(piece of rock that has been separated)

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ką̃m”, inSlovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[4] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg:ОРЯС ИАН,page429

kam

1. Romanization of𒄰(kam)

FromOld Swedishkamber, fromOld Norsekambr,^[1] cognate withDanishkam^[1] andDutchkam.

That in turn derived fromProto-Germanic*kambaz, whence alsoOld Englishcamb (Englishcomb),Old High Germankamb (GermanKamm).^[1] Ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*ǵómbʰos(“tooth (animate)”),^[1] whence alsoAncient Greekγόμφος(gómphos,“peg”),^[1]Lithuanianžam̃bas,Old Church Slavonicзѫбъ(zǫbŭ,“tooth”),Russianзуб(zub,“tooth”).

• IPA^(key):/kam/,IPA^(key):[kʰam]

kam c

1. acomb for grooming hair
2. acomb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
3. acrest,summit of a hill or mountain ridge
4. acrest,ridge of a wave
5. acam, a part of an engine

• bergskam (mountain ridge)
• vågkam (wave ridge)

• kamma

• mak

Cognate withPersianکم(kam).

kam

1. afew, alittle

FromEnglishcome.

kam

1. come
   • 1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,Jenesis1:2:

     Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go ikam antap long en.

     →New International Version translation

• IPA^(key):/ka˩̰/

kam

1. tobewilling,agreeable

   Kuv kam thiab. ―I'm willing.

   Kuv tsis kam mus. ―I won't go.

kam

1. accustomed to

   Noj mov tsi kam. ―Unaccustomed to eating rice.

   Nws sau ntawv tsis kam. ―He isn't accustomed to writing.

kam(classifier:tus)

1. business,affairs

   Koj muaj kam dab tsi? ―What is your business? What do you want?

   kam teb chaws ―national affairs; national politics

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979)White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[5], SEAP Publications,→ISBN, page75.

kam

1. you(plural)

• kom

• IPA^(key):/cam/

kam

1. who