kamkam

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Verb

kamkam

1. to grab with the hand

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kam‧kam
• IPA^(key): /kamˈkam/, [kɐmˈkam]

Verb

kamkám

1. (especially food) to touch with the fingers
2. to embezzle

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamkam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kamˈkam/ [kɐmˈkam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: kam‧kam

Noun

kamkám (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜃᜋ᜔)

1. usurpation; appropriating of something as one's own

Derived terms

• kamkamin
• kumamkam
• mangamkam
• pagkamkam
• pangangamkam

 

Further reading

• “kamkam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018