kama
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
Noun edit
kama (plural kama)
See also edit
- Kama (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kama (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 edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Acehnese edit
Noun edit
kama
- room (part of a building)
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Bikol Central edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
káma (Basahan spelling ᜃᜋ)
Chichewa edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Portuguese cama.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kamá class 9 (plural makamá class 6)
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
-kama (infinitive kukáma)
- to milk
Czech edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
kama
Estonian edit
Etymology 1 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
kama (genitive kama, partitive kama)
- kama (traditional Estonian, Finnish and Russian finely milled flour mixture, consisting of roasted barley, rye, oat and pea flour)
Declension edit
Declension 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 edit
kama (genitive kama, partitive kama)
Declension edit
Declension 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
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Adverb edit
kama (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Indicates indifference, not caring.
- Kas sooviksite õunu või apelsiine? Mul kama kaks.
- Do you want apples or oranges? I don't care either way.
Further reading edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Akin to kampe, kampsut.[1] According to SSA, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin;[2] possibly related to dialectal kamahtaa (“to thump, to thud”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kama
- (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 edit
Inflection 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 kamainrare | ||
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 edit
Derived terms edit
References 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), 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), 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 edit
Verb edit
kama
- (transitive) to burn
Related terms edit
- soa (intransitive)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas (“desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kama
- love, especially sexual love or sensuality.
- personification of love or desire as deity.
Related terms edit
Further 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 Indonesia, 2016.
Jamamadí edit
Verb edit
kama
- (Banawá) to come
References edit
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kama
Kabuverdianu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese cama.
Noun edit
kama
Kavalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 柑仔 (kam-á, “tangerine”).
Noun edit
kama
Kituba edit
Verb edit
kama
- to milk
Lele (Chad) edit
Noun edit
kāmā
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 edit
Verb edit
kama
- to milk
Maranao edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
kama
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish cama (“bed”).
Noun edit
kama
References edit
- A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya
Mokilese edit
Pronoun edit
kama
- first person dual exclusive pronoun; the two of us, but not you
See also edit
singular | 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 edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kam, from Proto-Tupian *ᵑkam.
Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní káma.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kama (possessable)
- breast (milk-producing organ)
- breast; chest (front of the human thorax)
- Synonym: poti'a
- (of animals) teat; udder
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Nheengatu: kama
Further reading edit
Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kama”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 213, column 1
Ontong Java edit
Noun edit
kama
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
kama
- second-person singular imperative active of kamati (“to walk”)
Papiamentu edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese cama and Spanish cama and Kabuverdianu kama.
Noun edit
kama
Rwanda-Rundi edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Verb edit
-káma (infinitive gukáma, perfective -kámye)
- to milk
Derived terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)
- a kind of dagger
Declension edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kȃma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑ма)
- (Hinduism) one of the four main goals of the material existence
Declension edit
References edit
Shona edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Verb edit
-kámá (infinitive kukámá)
- to milk
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Arabic كَمَا (kamā).
Conjunction edit
kama
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Bantu *-káma.
Verb edit
-kama (infinitive kukama)
- to milk
Conjugation edit
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish cama, from Late Latin cama.
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkama/, [ˈka.mɐ]
- Rhymes: -ama
- Syllabification: ka‧ma
Noun edit
kama (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kama”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).
Noun edit
Xhosa edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
-kama?
Inflection edit
This verb needs an inflection-table template.