comi
Asturian edit
Verb edit
comi
Galician edit
Verb edit
comi
- (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of comer
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkoː.miː/, [ˈkoːmiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.mi/, [ˈkɔːmi]
Adjective edit
cōmī
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: co‧mi
- Rhymes: -i
Verb edit
comi
Yao (South America) edit
Etymology edit
Compare Ye'kwana komu (“oldest child”).
Noun edit
comi
Usage notes edit
Kinship terminology in Cariban languages functions very differently from that in Indo-European languages. For this reason, it is unclear if the recorded meaning of this word ‘daughter’ accurately reflects the meaning in the original language.
Further reading edit
- de Laet, Johannes (1633) Novus orbis seu descriptionis Indiæ occidentalis, Libri XVIII, page 643