qamas

English

Noun

qamas

1. plural of qama

Bagusa

Noun

qamas

1. cassowary

References

• Mark Donohue, Syntactic and Lexical Factors Conditioning the Diffusion of Sound Change, Oceanic Linguistics 44 (2005), page 428

Kwerba

Noun

qamas

1. cassowary

References

• Mark Donohue, Syntactic and Lexical Factors Conditioning the Diffusion of Sound Change, Oceanic Linguistics 44 (2005), page 428 (used in both Kwerba proper and Anggreso Kwerba)

Maltese

Root
q-m-s
8 terms

Alternative forms

• qomos, qames

Etymology

From Arabic قَمَصَ (qamaṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.mas/

• Audio (Gozo):

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Verb

qamas (imperfect joqmos, verbal noun qmas or qmis)

1. to kick
2. to respond with excitement

Conjugation

Conjugation of qamas
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	qmast	qmast	qamas		qmasna	qmastu	qamsu
	f			qamset
imperfect	m	noqmos	toqmos	joqmos		noqomsu	toqomsu	joqomsu
	f			toqmos
imperative			oqmos				oqomsu