ቆመ

Ge'ez

Etymology

Cognate with Hebrew קוּם, Arabic قَامَ (qāma), Classical Syriac ܩܳܡ.

Verb

ቆመ • (ḳomä)

1. to stand
2. to stop moving, remain in place
3. to stand around
4. to remain, persist, endure, withstand
5. to resist, stand firm
6. to stand apart, be separated

Related terms

• አቀመ (ʾäḳämä)
• ተቀውመ (täḳäwmä)
• ተቃወመ (täḳawämä)
• ቅዉም (ḳəwum)
• ቃውም (ḳawm)
• ቆም (ḳom)
• ቁመት (ḳumät)
• ቀዋም (ḳäwam)
• ቀዋሚ (ḳäwami)
• ምቅዋም (məḳwam)
• ተቅዋም (täḳwam)
• ተቃዋሚ (täḳawami)
• መስተቃውም (mästäḳawm)
• ቀውስ (ḳäws)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) “ቆመ”, in Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel