kama
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
Noun
editkama (plural kama)
See also
edit- Kama (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
editNoun
editkama (uncountable)
- (Hinduism) The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition.
- 1958, V. Raghavan, “Chapter XII: Kāma, The Third End of Man”, in Stephen N Hay, William Theodore De Bary, editors, Sources of Indian Tradition, volume 2, page 258:
- The place of kāma or the pursuit of love and pleasure in the balanced Hindu scheme of life derives from the importance attached to the life of the married householder (grhastha).
- 2006, “Indian Erotology”, in Alan Soble, editor, Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-L, page 493:
- Ancient Indian thought divides the principal aims of human existence into dharma (religion, morality, social obligations), artha (economics, politics, power), and kāma (erotic pleasure, sexual interaction, sexual gratification).
Derived terms
editSee also
editAnagrams
editAcehnese
editNoun
editkama
- room (part of a building)
References
edit- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bikol Central
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkáma (Basahan spelling ᜃᜋ)
Chichewa
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Portuguese cama.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkamá class 9 (plural makamá class 6)
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit-kama (infinitive kukáma)
- to milk
Czech
editPronunciation
editAdverb
editkama
Estonian
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editkama (genitive kama, partitive kama)
- kama (traditional Estonian, Finnish and Russian finely milled flour mixture, consisting of roasted barley, rye, oat and pea flour)
Declension
editDeclension of kama (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kama | kamad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kama | ||
genitive | kamade | ||
partitive | kama | kamasid | |
illative | kamma kamasse |
kamadesse | |
inessive | kamas | kamades | |
elative | kamast | kamadest | |
allative | kamale | kamadele | |
adessive | kamal | kamadel | |
ablative | kamalt | kamadelt | |
translative | kamaks | kamadeks | |
terminative | kamani | kamadeni | |
essive | kamana | kamadena | |
abessive | kamata | kamadeta | |
comitative | kamaga | kamadega |
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editkama (genitive kama, partitive kama)
Declension
editDeclension of kama (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | kama | kamad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | kama | ||
genitive | kamade | ||
partitive | kama | kamasid | |
illative | kamma kamasse |
kamadesse | |
inessive | kamas | kamades | |
elative | kamast | kamadest | |
allative | kamale | kamadele | |
adessive | kamal | kamadel | |
ablative | kamalt | kamadelt | |
translative | kamaks | kamadeks | |
terminative | kamani | kamadeni | |
essive | kamana | kamadena | |
abessive | kamata | kamadeta | |
comitative | kamaga | kamadega |
Etymology 3
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
editkama (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Indicates indifference, not caring.
- Kas sooviksite õunu või apelsine? Mul kama kaks.
- Do you want apples or oranges? I don't care either way.
Further reading
editFinnish
editEtymology
editAkin to kampe, kampsut.[1] According to SSA, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin;[2] possibly related to dialectal kamahtaa (“to thump, to thud”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkama
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) stuff (miscellaneous items or objects; personal effects)
- Mitä ovat kaikki nuo kamat makuuhuoneesi lattialla?
- What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?
- (slang, in the singular only) product (illegal drugs)
Declension
editInflection of kama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kama | kamat | |
genitive | kaman | kamojen | |
partitive | kamaa | kamoja | |
illative | kamaan | kamoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kama | kamat | |
accusative | nom. | kama | kamat |
gen. | kaman | ||
genitive | kaman | kamojen kamain rare | |
partitive | kamaa | kamoja | |
inessive | kamassa | kamoissa | |
elative | kamasta | kamoista | |
illative | kamaan | kamoihin | |
adessive | kamalla | kamoilla | |
ablative | kamalta | kamoilta | |
allative | kamalle | kamoille | |
essive | kamana | kamoina | |
translative | kamaksi | kamoiksi | |
abessive | kamatta | kamoitta | |
instructive | — | kamoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Forsberg, Ulla-Maija (2021) Stadin slangin etymologinen sanakirja [Etymological Dictionary of Helsinki Slang][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSES 2021"), Helsinki: Gaudeamus, →ISBN
- ^ Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000), Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The origin of Finnish words][2] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- “kama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Garo
editVerb
editkama
- (transitive) to burn
Related terms
edit- soa (intransitive)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas (“desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkama
- love, especially sexual love or sensuality.
- personification of love or desire as deity.
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Jamamadí
editVerb
editkama
- (Banawá) to come
References
edit- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
editRomanization
editkama
Kabuverdianu
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese cama.
Noun
editkama
Kavalan
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hokkien 柑仔 (kam-á, “tangerine”).
Noun
editkama
Kituba
editVerb
editkama
- to milk
Lele (Chad)
editNoun
editkāmā
References
edit- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
- […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Lele kāmā [Gowers], […]
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
Luba-Kasai
editVerb
editkama
- to milk
Maranao
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editkama
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Spanish cama (“bed”).
Noun
editkama
References
edit- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Mokilese
editPronoun
editkama
- first person dual exclusive pronoun; the two of us, but not you
See also
editsingular | first person | ngoah, ngoahi | |
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second person | koah, koawoa | ||
third person | ih | ||
dual | first person inclusive | kisa | |
first person exclusive | kama | ||
second person | kamwa | ||
third person | ara, ira | ||
plural | first person inclusive | kisai | |
first person exclusive | kamai | ||
second person | kamwai | ||
third person | arai, irai | ||
remote plural | first person inclusive | kihs | |
first person exclusive | kimi | ||
second person | kimwi | ||
third person | ihr |
Old Tupi
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kam, from Proto-Tupian *ᵑkam.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní káma.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkama (possessable)
- breast (milk-producing organ)
- breast; chest (front of the human thorax)
- Synonym: poti'a
- (of animals) teat; udder
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- Nheengatu: kama
Further reading
editEduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kama”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 213, column 1
Ontong Java
editNoun
editkama
Pali
editAlternative forms
editVerb
editkama
- second-person singular imperative active of kamati (“to walk”)
Papiamentu
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese cama and Spanish cama and Kabuverdianu kama.
Noun
editkama
Rwanda-Rundi
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Verb
edit-káma (infinitive gukáma, perfective -kámye)
- to milk
Derived terms
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)
Declension
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)
- a kind of dagger
Declension
editEtymology 3
editPronunciation
editNoun
editkȃma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑ма)
- (Hinduism) one of the four main goals of the material existence
Declension
editReferences
editShona
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Verb
edit-kámá (infinitive kukámá)
- to milk
Swahili
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Arabic كَمَا (kamā).
Conjunction
editkama
Preposition
editkama
- like, as
- 1973, Mohammed S. Abdulla, Duniani kuna watu, page 3:
- […] lakini alipofika katikati, alisimama ghafla, kama mtu mwenye wasiwasi na shaka juu ya hilo linalompeleka darini kwa baba yake wakati ule.
- […] but when he reached the middle, he stopped suddenly, like a person worried and doubtful about that which had him going to his father's attic at that time.
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Verb
edit-kama (infinitive kukama)
- to milk
Conjugation
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Tagalog
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Spanish cama, from Late Latin cama.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkama/ [ˈkaː.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: ka‧ma
Noun
editkama (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “kama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
editTurkish
editEtymology
editFrom Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).
Noun
editXhosa
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
edit-kama?
Inflection
editThis verb needs an inflection-table template.
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmə
- Rhymes:English/ɑːmə/2 syllables
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- English indeclinable nouns
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *keh₂-
- English terms derived from Sanskrit
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Hinduism
- English terms with quotations
- Acehnese lemmas
- Acehnese nouns
- ace:Rooms
- Bikol Central terms borrowed from Spanish
- Bikol Central terms derived from Spanish
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- Bikol Central terms with Basahan script
- bcl:Furniture
- Chichewa terms borrowed from Portuguese
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- Chichewa terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Chichewa nouns
- Chichewa class 9 nouns
- Chichewa terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Chichewa verbs
- ny:Furniture
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
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- Moravian Czech
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- Estonian elu-type nominals
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- Estonian terms with usage examples
- et:Grains
- Finnish onomatopoeias
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- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑmɑ
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- Finnish lemmas
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- fi:Recreational drugs
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- Japanese non-lemma forms
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- Kabuverdianu terms derived from Portuguese
- Kabuverdianu lemmas
- Kabuverdianu nouns
- Kavalan terms borrowed from Hokkien
- Kavalan terms derived from Hokkien
- Kavalan lemmas
- Kavalan nouns
- Kituba lemmas
- Kituba verbs
- Lele (Chad) lemmas
- Lele (Chad) nouns
- Luba-Kasai lemmas
- Luba-Kasai verbs
- Maranao lemmas
- Maranao nouns
- Maranao terms borrowed from Spanish
- Maranao terms derived from Spanish
- Mokilese lemmas
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- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupi-Guarani
- Old Tupi terms inherited from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms derived from Proto-Tupian
- Old Tupi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ãma
- Rhymes:Old Tupi/ãma/2 syllables
- Old Tupi lemmas
- Old Tupi nouns
- Old Tupi possessable nouns
- tpw:Body parts
- Ontong Java lemmas
- Ontong Java nouns
- Pali non-lemma forms
- Pali verb forms
- Pali verb forms in Latin script
- Papiamentu terms derived from Portuguese
- Papiamentu terms derived from Spanish
- Papiamentu terms derived from Kabuverdianu
- Papiamentu lemmas
- Papiamentu nouns
- Rwanda-Rundi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Rwanda-Rundi lemmas
- Rwanda-Rundi verbs
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Japanese
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- Serbo-Croatian terms borrowed from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Serbo-Croatian terms derived from Sanskrit
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Hinduism
- Shona terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Shona terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Shona lemmas
- Shona verbs
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili terms borrowed from Arabic
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- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
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- Swahili verbs
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Late Latin
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ama
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- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
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- tl:Furniture
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
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- tr:Simple machines
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- Xhosa lemmas
- Xhosa verbs