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kame (plural kames)

  1. (geology) A round hill or short ridge of sand or gravel deposited by a melting glacier.

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Chavacano

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Pronoun

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kame

  1. we (exclusive; we and not you)

Japanese

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Romanization

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kame

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かめ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カメ

Lithuanian

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Pronoun

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kame

  1. locative of kas

Pali

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kame

  1. optative active singular of kamati (to travel)

Scots

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Etymology

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Older Scots kame, came, from Middle English cambe (comb).

Noun

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kame (plural kames)

  1. an act of combing
    • 1994 [1920], George P. Dunbar, “A guff o' peat reek”, in Anne Forsyth, Canty and Couthie, page 43:
      She wroct fae shreek o' mornin' till the mirkest oor ye'll name,
      An’ scarce hed time t’ dict her face, nor gie her heid a kaim
      She worked from break of morning until the darkest hour you can name, / And scarcely had time to make up her face, or give her head a combing
  2. a steep hill or ridge; the crest of a hill

Verb

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kame (third-person singular simple present kames, present participle kamin, simple past kamet, past participle kamet)

  1. to comb
    • 1908, Glasgow Ballad Club, “Jenny Kilfunk”, in Ballads and Poems: Third Series, page 115:
      Wi’ her short green goon, an’ her queer red cap,
      An’ her een sae skelly an’ blear ;
      Wi’ her fingers sae lang, aye keepit sa thrang,
      A-kaimin’ her yellow hair
      With her short green gown, and her odd red cap, / And her eyes so squinty and bleary; / With her fingers so long, held so close together, / Combing her yellow hair
  2. to rake loose straw or hay
  3. to scold, drub
    gie ’im a kamin doun
    give him a dressing down