камо

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kamo"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamo]

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Adverb

ка́мо • (kámo) (not comparable)

1. whither, whereto

   Synonyms: накъде (nakǎde), где (gde)

2. in what way, in what state, relative to what

   Synonyms: как (kak), в какъв смисъл (v kakǎv smisǎl)

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) кам (kam)

Derived terms

• камо да (kamo da)
• камо ли (kamo li)
• камо че (kamo če)

Related terms

• само (samo, “only”)
• амо (amo, “hither”)
• тамо (tamo, “thither”)
• всямо (vsjamo, “everywhere”)
• овамо (ovamo, “this way”) (dialectal)
• онамо (onamo, “that way”) (dialectal)

Conjunction

камо • (kamo)

1. (dialectal) as (for manner, relation)

References

• “камо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “камо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɔ]

Particle

камо • (kamo)

1. where is, give me X

Old Church Slavonic

Adverb

камо • (kamo)

1. whither
   • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 32.17:

     чи́и е҆си, и҆л̂и камо и́деши, и҆ чїѐ с̂е и҆же предъ тобо́ю и҆детъ·

     číi e҆si, i҆l̂i kamo ídeši, i҆ čiѐ ŝe i҆že predŭ tobóju i҆detŭ·

     Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?.

References

• “камо”, in Старобългарски речник [Old Bulgarian Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâmo/
• Hyphenation: ка‧мо

Adverb

ка̏мо (Latin spelling kȁmo)

1. where (to), in which direction, whither