See also: Kamo and kamö

AklanonEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu, compare Malay kamu.

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

AlanganEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

PronounEdit

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you

AmisEdit

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

See alsoEdit

Amis personal pronouns
Person Singular Plural
1st kako kami / kita
inclusive kami
exclusive kita / kami
2nd kiso kamo
3rd ciira caira

Bikol CentralEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo
  • IPA(key): /kaˈmo/

PronounEdit

kamó

  1. (inclusive, in the plural) you

See alsoEdit


CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo
  • IPA(key): /kaˈmo/, [kʌˈmu]

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you
  2. (honorific singular) you

ChavacanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Cebuano kamo.

PronounEdit

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you
    Synonyms: ustedes, vosotros

HiligaynonEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. you (plural)

InonhanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

kamo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かも
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カモ

MaoriEdit

NounEdit

kamo

  1. eyelash

Old PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. where (to which place)
  2. where (in which place)

Further readingEdit

RatagnonEdit

PronounEdit

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kâmo/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo

AdverbEdit

kȁmo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏мо)

  1. where (to), in which direction, whither

SynonymsEdit

TagalogEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo
  • IPA(key): /kaˈmo/, [kɐˈmo]

PronounEdit

kamó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓ)

  1. (archaic, Marinduque, in the plural) you
    Synonym: kayo
See alsoEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Univerbation of 'ka mo, with 'ka from wika.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo
  • IPA(key): /ˈkamo/, [ˈka.mo]

ParticleEdit

kamo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of 'ka mo

UneapaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *kamo, variant of *kama or *kamʷa.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kamo

  1. taro
    Synonym: kabiri

Further readingEdit

  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 370

Waray-WarayEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

PronounEdit

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you
  2. (honorific singular) you

WaujaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

kamo

  1. sun
    Kamo inyatapai.
    [The] sun is hot.
    Kamo iya paponaku.
    [The] sun sets. (Lit., the sun enters [his] house.)
    Kamo putukapai paponanakutsa.
    [The] sun rises. (Lit., the sun emerges from [his] house.)
    Kamo tapokeheneingeu.
    [It] is twilight. (Lit., the sun disappears, is extinguished.)
    Kamo yumekepei.
    [The] sun is in eclipse. (Lit., the sun is menstruating.)
  2. time (of day)
    Kanai itsapai kamo?
    Q: What time is it? (Lit., Where [in the sky] is the sun?)
    Kamotojojokapai aitsu.
    A: We are at noon. (Lit., [The] sun is exactly straight [above] us.)
  3. wristwatch, clock, timepiece
    Okanutapiyaitsapai okamoja.
    On [his/her/its] wrist was [his/her/its] watch.

Usage notesEdit

  • When referring to the sun, kamo is obligatorily unpossessed. When referring to a wristwatch or clock, it can show possession.
  • Kamo is the heavenly body seen in the sky, and also a culture hero of ancient times, when the world was new. Kamo in Wauja stories is always a male figure, even though during a solar eclipse the sun is said to menstruate.

InflectionEdit

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

West Albay BikolEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

YamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.

PronounEdit

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you