kamma noll
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Said to be a metaphor for combing lice out of hair without success. Could also possibly be from an older slang sense ’to get, to earn’, from Tavringer Romani kamma (“to have, to own”), compare kamma hem (“to win, to procure”), from Romani kam- (“to wish, to request”). Related to Sanskrit कामयति (kāmayati, “to wish, to desire”), from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kamma noll (present kammar noll, preterite kammade noll, supine kammat noll, imperative kamma noll)
References edit
- noll in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Gerd Carling (2005) “kamma”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 85