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4-letter words (1 found)

KAMA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AKA,AMA,KAM,MAA,MAK,

2-letter words (4 found)

AA,AM,KA,MA,

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kama akma kmaa mkaa amka maka kaam akam kaam akam aakm aakm kmaa mkaa kama akma maka amka amak maak aamk aamk maak amak

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Definitions and meaning of kama

kama

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: kämə, IPA(key): /kɑmə/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːmə

Etymology 1

From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).

Noun

kama (plural kama)

  1. A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
See also
  • Kama (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit काम (kā́ma).

Noun

kama (uncountable)

  1. (Hinduism) The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition.
Derived terms
  • kama rupa
  • Kama Sutra
See also
  • preman

Anagrams

  • Maka, maka

Acehnese

Noun

kama

  1. room (part of a building)

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkama/, [ˈka.ma]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma

Noun

káma (Basahan spelling ᜃᜋ)

  1. bed
    Synonyms: katre, higdaan

Chichewa

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese cama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.má/

Noun

kamá class 9 (plural makamá class 6)

  1. bed
    Synonym: bedi

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-káma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.ma/

Verb

-kama (infinitive kukáma)

  1. to milk

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkama]

Adverb

kama

  1. (dialect, Moravia) which way, which direction
    Synonym: (standard Czech) kudy

Estonian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kama (genitive kama, partitive kama)

  1. kama (traditional Estonian, Finnish and Russian finely milled flour mixture, consisting of roasted barley, rye, oat and pea flour)
Declension

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

kama (genitive kama, partitive kama)

  1. (colloquial) stuff, things
Declension

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kama (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Indicates indifference, not caring.

Further reading

  • kama in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

Finnish

Etymology

Akin to kampe, kampsut. According to SSA, ultimately of onomatopoeic origin; possibly related to dialectal kamahtaa (“to thump, to thud”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝mɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧ma

Noun

kama

  1. (colloquial, usually in the plural) stuff (miscellaneous items or objects; personal effects)
  2. (slang, in the singular only) product (illegal drugs)

Declension

Synonyms

  • (stuff): tavara, roju, rihkama

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • “kama”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Garo

Verb

kama

  1. (transitive) to burn

Related terms

  • soa (intransitive)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *káHmas (“desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ma/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma

Noun

kama

  1. love, especially sexual love or sensuality.
  2. personification of love or desire as deity.

Related terms

Further reading

  • “kama” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Jamamadí

Verb

kama

  1. (Banawá) to come

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

kama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かま

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese cama.

Noun

kama

  1. bed

Kavalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 柑仔 (kam-á, “tangerine”).

Noun

kama

  1. orange; tangerine

Kituba

Verb

kama

  1. to milk

Lele (Chad)

Noun

kāmā

  1. water

References

  • Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
    […] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: […] Lele kāmā [Gowers], […]
  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

Luba-Kasai

Verb

kama

  1. to milk

Maranao

Etymology 1

Noun

kama

  1. breastplate

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish cama (“bed”).

Noun

kama

  1. bed, cot

References

  • A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Mokilese

Pronoun

kama

  1. first person dual exclusive pronoun; the two of us, but not you

See also


Old Tupi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kam, from Proto-Tupian *ᵑkam.

Cognate with Paraguayan Guaraní káma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkã.ma/
  • Rhymes: -ãma
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma

Noun

kama (possessable)

  1. breast (milk-producing organ)
  2. breast; chest (front of the human thorax)
    Synonym: poti'a
  3. (of animals) teat; udder

Related terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: kama

Further reading

Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kama”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), 1 edition, São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 213, column 1

Ontong Java

Noun

kama

  1. human
  2. man
  3. person

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

kama

  1. second-person singular imperative active of kamati (“to walk”)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese cama and Spanish cama and Kabuverdianu kama.

Noun

kama

  1. bed

Rwanda-Rundi

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-káma.

Verb

-káma (infinitive gukáma, perfective -kámye)

  1. to milk

Derived terms

  • umukamyi

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâma/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma

Noun

kȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)

  1. kama
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâma/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma

Noun

kȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)

  1. a kind of dagger
Declension

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit काम (kā́ma).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kâːma/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ma

Noun

kȃma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑ма)

  1. (Hinduism) one of the four main goals of the material existence
Declension

References

  • “kama” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “kama” in Hrvatski jezični portal
  • “kama” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-káma.

Verb

-kámá (infinitive kukámá)

  1. to milk

Swahili

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic كَمَا (kamā).

Conjunction

kama

  1. as
    Synonym: mithili
  2. if
    Synonym: ikiwa

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu *-káma.

Verb

-kama (infinitive kukama)

  1. to milk
Conjugation

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cama, from Late Latin cama.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkama/, [ˈka.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ka‧ma

Noun

kama (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ)

  1. bed
    Synonyms: higaan, katre

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).

Noun

kama (definite accusative kamayı, plural kamalar)

  1. wedge
  2. dagger

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-kama?

  1. to brush hair

Inflection

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