Cornish

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. Cognate with Welsh cam and Irish cam

Adjective

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kamm

  1. bent, crooked

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman. Cognate with Welsh cam

Noun

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kamm m (plural kammow)

  1. step, pace

Estonian

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German kam, from Old Saxon kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (tooth). Doublet of hammas.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kamm (genitive kammi, partitive kammi)

  1. comb

Declension

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Declension of kamm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative kamm kammid
accusative nom.
gen. kammi
genitive kammide
partitive kammi kamme
kammisid
illative kammi
kammisse
kammidesse
kammesse
inessive kammis kammides
kammes
elative kammist kammidest
kammest
allative kammile kammidele
kammele
adessive kammil kammidel
kammel
ablative kammilt kammidelt
kammelt
translative kammiks kammideks
kammeks
terminative kammini kammideni
essive kammina kammidena
abessive kammita kammideta
comitative kammiga kammidega

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kamm”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • kamm”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • kamm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • kamm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)