cam

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cam"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kæm]

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æm

Etymology 1

A cam (shown in yellow)

Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.

Noun

cam (plural cams)

1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
2. A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
3. (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
   • 1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:

     Cum doun t' cam' soid

4. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

Derived terms

• cam band
• cambelt
• cambox
• cam out
• camshaft
• camwheel
• heart cam
• overhead cam
• rock cam
• twincam
• twin-cam
• variable cam timing

 

Descendants

• → Welsh: cam

Translations

mechanical part

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 凸輪／凸轮 (zh) (tūlún)

• Czech: vačka f
• Danish: kam (da)
• Dutch: nok (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: kamo
• Finnish: epäkesko (fi), nokka (fi), nostovarsi
• French: came (fr) f
• German: Nocken (de) m
• Italian: camma (it) f
• Japanese: カム (ja) (kamu)
• Korean: 캠 (kaem)
• Portuguese: came (pt) m, camo m
• Romanian: camă (ro) f
• Russian: эксце́нтрик (ru) m (ekscéntrik), кулачо́к (ru) m (kulačók)
• Slovak: vačka f
• Spanish: leva (es) f
• Swedish: kam (sv) c
• Welsh: cam m

See also

• cam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Spring-loaded camming device on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Clipping of camera.

Noun

cam (plural cams)

1. (informal) Camera.

Derived terms

• beachcam
• birdcam
• bodycam
• camback
• camboy
• camcorder
• camgirl
• cammer
• camming
• camphone
• camsite
• camwhore
• camwhoring
• copcam
• crittercam
• cubcam
• dashcam
• dash cam
• face cam
• facecam
• fancam
• fishcam
• handicam
• headcam
• helmetcam
• holocam
• hovercam
• kiss cam
• minicam
• nanny cam
• nanocam
• nestcam
• netcam
• phonecam
• recam
• security cam
• shakycam
• skycam
• spycam
• Steadicam
• stump cam
• trailcam
• videocam
• webcam

 

Translations

camera — see camera

Verb

cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)

1. To go on webcam with someone.

Etymology 3

Adverb

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

1. Alternative form of kam

Further reading

• “cam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

See also

• slick cam

Anagrams

• ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CMA, MAC, MCA, Mac, Mac-, Mac., mac

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ǵómbʰos

Acholi

Noun

cam

1. food

Caló

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás

Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá)

Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma)

Romani kham

Caló cam

Inherited from Romani kham, from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma), from Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.

Noun

cam m (plural cames)

1. (astronomy) sun

   Synonym: ocán

References

• “cam” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
• “cam” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
• “cam” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Chinese

Etymology

From English cam, clipping of camera.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kem¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kem¹
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kem¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kém¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛːm⁵⁵/

Noun

cam

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera, especially for filming, computing or surveillance purposes (Classifier: 部 c; 支 c; 隻／只 c; 個／个 c)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 相機 (“camera”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		相機, 照相機, 攝影機
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	相機, 照相機
	Taiwan	相機, 照相機
	Chengde	照相機, 相匣子 dated
	Chifeng	相機, 照相機
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	照相機
	Heihe	相機, 照相機
	Qiqihar	相機, 照相機
	Harbin	相機, 照相機
	Jiamusi	相機, 照相機
	Baicheng	照相機
	Changchun	照相機
	Tonghua	照相機
	Shenyang	相機, 照相機
	Jinzhou	相機, 照相機
	Singapore	相機, 照相機
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	照相機
	Tangshan	相機, 照相機
	Cangzhou	相機, 照相機
	Baoding	相機, 照相機
	Shijiazhuang	照相機
	Lijin	照相機
	Jinan	相機, 照相機
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	照相機
	Dandong	相機, 照相機
	Yantai	照相兒機
	Qingdao	照相機
	Zhucheng	相機, 照相機
Central Plains Mandarin	Lingbao	照相機
	Jining	照相機
	Linfen	照相機
	Shangqiu	相機, 照相機
	Yuanyang	照相機
	Zhengzhou	相機, 照相機
	Xinyang	照相機
	Baihe	照相機
	Xi'an	照相機
	Baoji	照相機
	Tianshui	照相機
	Xining	照相機
	Xuzhou	相機, 照相機
	Fuyang	照相機
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	照相機
	Lanzhou	相機, 照相機
	Dunhuang	相機, 照相機
	Hami	相機, 照相機
	Ürümqi	照相機
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	相機, 照相機
	Nanchong	相機, 照相機
	Dazhou	照相機
	Hanyuan	照相機
	Xichang	相機, 照相機
	Zigong	相機, 照相機
	Chongqing	相機, 照相機
	Yichang	照相機
	Xiangyang	相機, 照相機
	Tianmen	照相機
	Guiyang	相機, 照相機
	Zunyi	相機, 照相機
	Bijie	照相機
	Liping	照相機
	Zhaotong	照相機
	Dali	照相機
	Kunming	相機, 照相機
	Mengzi	相機
	Guilin	照相機
	Liuzhou	相機, 照相機
	Jishou	照相機
	Changde	照相機
	Hanzhong	照相機
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	照相機
	Yangzhou	相機, 照相機
	Lianyungang	相機, 照相機
	Lianshui	拍相機
	Nantong	照相機
	Anqing	照相機
	Hefei	照相機
	Hong'an	照相機
Cantonese	Guangzhou	影相機
	Hong Kong	相機, 影相機, cam
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	影相機
	Macau	影相機
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	影相機
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	影相機
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	影相機
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	影相機
	Foshan	影相機
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	影相機
	Foshan (Shunde)	影相機
	Foshan (Sanshui)	影相機
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	影相機
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	影相機
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	影相機
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	影相機
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	影相機
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	影相機
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	影相機
	Taishan	影相機
	Taishan (Guanghai)	影相機
	Kaiping (Chikan)	影相機
	Enping (Niujiang)	影相機
	Heshan (Yayao)	影相機
	Dongguan	影相機
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	影相機
	Mandalay (Taishan)	影相機
Hakka	Meixian	照相機, 影相機, 攝影機
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	影相機
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	影相機
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	照相機
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	影相機
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	相機
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	翕相機, 卡麥拉
Huizhou	Shexian	照相機
Jin	Taiyuan	照相機
	Yangyuan	相機, 照相機
	Datong	照相機
	Xinzhou	照相機
	Lüliang (Lishi)	照相機
	Changzhi	照相機
	Linhe	照相機
	Jining	照相機
	Hohhot	照相機
	Erenhot	照相機
	Pingshan	照相機
	Zhangjiakou	照相機
	Handan	照相機
	Linzhou	照相機
	Suide	照相機
Northern Min	Jian'ou	照相機
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	䀹相機
Southern Min	Xiamen	像機, 翕像機, 照像機
	Quanzhou	像機
	Zhangzhou	像機, 影櫃仔
	Taipei	翕像機, kha-mé-lah GT
	Kaohsiung	翕像機
	Yilan	翕像機
	Changhua (Lukang)	翕像機
	Taichung	翕像機
	Taichung (Wuqi)	翕像機
	Tainan	翕像機
	Taitung	翕像機
	Hsinchu	翕像機
	Penghu (Magong)	翕像機
	Penang (Hokkien)	小影機
	Singapore (Hokkien)	像機
	Manila (Hokkien)	像機
	Shantou	照相機, 耗相機
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	影相機
Wu	Shanghai	照相機
	Wenzhou	照相機
Note	GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

Derived terms

• cam man
• 揸cam
• 車cam／车cam

 

Verb

cam

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to monitor or surveil with a camera

French

Etymology

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cam f (plural cams)

1. (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

Noun

cam m (uncountable)

1. (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm))

Alternative forms

• CAm (contre-amiral)

Anagrams

• AMC

Galician

Noun

cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of can

References

• “cam” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay cam. From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

Verb

cam

1. (only with a negative) to be interested; to be taken by

Derived terms

• camkan
• dicamkan
• mengecamkan
• pengecaman

 

Further reading

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

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish camm. The sense “bent, gay” is a semantic loan from English bent.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaumˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /kɑːmˠ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /kamˠ/

Adjective

cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)

1. crooked
2. (offensive) bent (homosexual)

   Synonym: lúbtha

Declension

Declension of cam

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cam	cham	cama; chama²
Vocative	chaim		cama
Genitive		caime	cama	cam
Dative	cam; cham¹	cham; chaim (archaic)	cama; chama²
Comparative	níos caime
Superlative	is caime

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• caime f (“crookedness”)
• camchosach (“bandy-legged”, adjective)
• cam-mhuin f (“wryneck”)

Related terms

• camán m (“shinty stick”)
• camóg f (“crook”)

Descendants

• → Yola: caam

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cam	cham	gcam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]

Verb

cam (Jawi spelling چم)

1. to recognize by sight; to identify; to remember what has been seen

   Synonym: kenal pasti

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• pengecaman
• camkan
• mengecamkan
• dicamkan

Descendants

• Indonesian: cam

Further reading

• “cam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish camm.

Adjective

cam (plural cammey)

1. crooked
2. deformed
3. deceitful
4. knotty (of wood)

Verb

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

1. bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cam	cham	gam
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian جام (jâm).

Noun

cam f

1. glass

Old Irish

Adjective

cam

1. Alternative spelling of camm

Declension

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cam	cam	cam
Vocative	caim* cam**
Accusative	cam	caim
Genitive	caim	caime	caim
Dative	cam	caim	cam
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	caim	cama
Vocative	camu cama†
Accusative	camu cama†
Genitive	cam
Dative	camaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cam	cham	cam pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

cam

1. approximately, a little
2. rather

   Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.

   This lake is rather dirty.

Related terms

• ca

Scots

Verb

cam

1. past of come

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish camm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːm/, /kʰaum/

Adjective

cam

1. crooked, askew

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	cam	cham	cama
Vocative	chaim	chaim	cama
Genitive	chaim	chaim/caime	cam
Dative	cham	chaim	cama

Comparative/superlative: caime

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
cam	cham
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Southwestern Dinka

Noun

cam

1. food

References

• Dinka-English Dictionary‎^[1], 2005

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [kaːm˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [kaːm˦]

Etymology 1

Noun

(classifiers mạy or mác) cam

1. orange

   bủi mác cam ― slices of orange

Derived terms

• cam chỉa
• cam slành
• cam tổng

 

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Calque or borrowing from Vietnamese?”)

Noun

cam

1. a vague kind of mouth ache, typically found in children

   Đếch nọi pền cam.

   The children got mouthaches.

   cam cưa, cam nồm ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

• cam lòn
• mạ lò cam

 

Etymology 3

Particle

cam

1. (topicalizer) as for ..., it is/does/will ...

   Synonym: te̱

   Cần cam lai cần cam nọi.

   Some people have too much, some people have too little.

References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎^[5] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جام (cam), from Persian جام (jâm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒam/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)

1. glass

   Synonym: sırça

2. (informal) window

   Synonym: pencere

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	cam
Definite accusative	camı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cam	camlar
Definite accusative	camı	camları
Dative	cama	camlara
Locative	camda	camlarda
Ablative	camdan	camlardan
Genitive	camın	camların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular camım camlarım 2nd singular camın camların 3rd singular camı camları 1st plural camımız camlarımız 2nd plural camınız camlarınız 3rd plural camları camları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular camımı camlarımı 2nd singular camını camlarını 3rd singular camını camlarını 1st plural camımızı camlarımızı 2nd plural camınızı camlarınızı 3rd plural camlarını camlarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular camıma camlarıma 2nd singular camına camlarına 3rd singular camına camlarına 1st plural camımıza camlarımıza 2nd plural camınıza camlarınıza 3rd plural camlarına camlarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular camımda camlarımda 2nd singular camında camlarında 3rd singular camında camlarında 1st plural camımızda camlarımızda 2nd plural camınızda camlarınızda 3rd plural camlarında camlarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular camımdan camlarımdan 2nd singular camından camlarından 3rd singular camından camlarından 1st plural camımızdan camlarımızdan 2nd plural camınızdan camlarınızdan 3rd plural camlarından camlarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular camımın camlarımın 2nd singular camının camlarının 3rd singular camının camlarının 1st plural camımızın camlarımızın 2nd plural camınızın camlarınızın 3rd plural camlarının camlarının
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular camım camlarım 2nd singular camsın camlarsın 3rd singular cam camdır camlar camlardır 1st plural camız camlarız 2nd plural camsınız camlarsınız 3rd plural camlar camlardır

Derived terms

• camcı

Adjective

cam

1. of glass

Declension

predicative forms of cam

present tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I am)	camım	cam mıyım?	cam değilim	cam değil miyim?
sen (you are)	camsın	cam mısın?	cam değilsin	cam değil misin?
o (he/she/it is)	cam / camdır	cam mı?	cam değil	cam değil mi?
biz (we are)	camız	cam mıyız?	cam değiliz	cam değil miyiz?
siz (you are)	camsınız	cam mısınız?	cam değilsiniz	cam değil misiniz?
onlar (they are)	cam(lar)	cam(lar) mı?	cam değil(ler)	cam değiller mi?
past tense
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	camdım	cam mıydım?	cam değildim	cam değil miydim?
sen (you were)	camdın	cam mıydın?	cam değildin	cam değil miydin?
o (he/she/it was)	camdı	cam mıydı?	cam değildi	cam değil miydi?
biz (we were)	camdık	cam mıydık?	cam değildik	cam değil miydik?
siz (you were)	camdınız	cam mıydınız?	cam değildiniz	cam değil miydiniz?
onlar (they were)	camdılar	cam mıydılar?	cam değildi(ler) / değillerdi	cam değil miydiler?
indirect past
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (I was)	cammışım	cam mıymışım?	cam değilmişim	cam değil miymişim?
sen (you were)	cammışsın	cam mıymışsın?	cam değilmişsin	cam değil miymişsin?
o (he/she/it was)	cammış	cam mıymış?	cam değilmiş	cam değil miymiş?
biz (we were)	cammışız	cam mıymışız?	cam değilmişiz	cam değil miymişiz?
siz (you were)	cammışsınız	cam mıymışsınız?	cam değilmişsiniz	cam değil miymişsiniz?
onlar (they were)	cammışlar	cam mıymışlar?	cam değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş	cam değil miymişler?
conditional
	positive, declarative	positive, interrogative	negative, declarative	negative, interrogative
ben (if I)	camsam	cam mıysam?	cam değilsem	cam değil miysem?
sen (if you)	camsan	cam mıysan?	cam değilsen	cam değil miysen?
o (if he/she/it)	camsa	cam mıysa?	cam değilse	cam değil miyse?
biz (if we)	camsak	cam mıysak?	cam değilsek	cam değil miysek?
siz (if you)	camsanız	cam mıysanız?	cam değilseniz	cam değil miyseniz?
onlar (if they)	camsalar	cam mıysalar?	cam değilseler / değillerse	cam değil miyseler?

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːm˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːm˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːm˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).

Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

1. orange, such as Citrus × sinensis or Citrus aurantium (bitter orange)
2. Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).

Derived terms

• cam sành
• quýt làm cam chịu

 

Adjective

cam

1. made of oranges
2. (màu ~) of the colour orange

Derived terms

• bánh cam
• cánh cam
• da cam

 

See also

Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)

trắng	xám	đen
đỏ; thắm, thẫm	cam; nâu	vàng; kem
vàng chanh	xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục	xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két	xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh	xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
tím; chàm	tía	hồng

Etymology 2

Noun

cam

1. Short for camera.

Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 甘 (“sweet”).

Verb

cam

1. (chiefly in compounds) to be content with
2. (only in compounds) to pledge, to guarantee

Derived terms

• cam chịu
• cam đoan
• cam kết
• cam lòng
• cam phận
• cam tâm

 

Romanization

cam

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 甘

Derived terms

• cam thảo
• đồng cam cộng khổ
• khổ tận cam lai

 

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/
• Rhymes: -am

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

Noun

cam m (plural camau)

1. step, pace, footstep

   Synonyms: camre, pas

2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)
3. footprint

   Synonym: ôl troed

4. step (of a process), stage, phase

   Synonyms: gradd, adeg, pwynt, cyfnod

Derived terms

• ar y cam (“at walking pace”)
• cam a cham (“step by step”)
• cam ceiliog (“the lengthening daylight between the winter solstice and Christmas”)
• cam gwag (“misstep, stumbling”)
• camfa (“stile”)
• camre (“journey, walk, footstep”)
• camu (“to step”)
• cochgam (“robin”)
• y cam cyntaf yw’r cam gorau (“the sooner the better”)

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

Adjective

cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)

1. bent, crooked, distorted

   Synonym: gŵyr

2. wrong, false, incorrect

   Gweithio yn gam ― To do incorrectly

4. wrong, unjust
5. one-eyed, squint-eyed

Derived terms

• ar gam (“in error, astray, falsely”)
• ar y cam (“in the wrong”)
• cam a chwys (“right and wrong”)
• cam neu gymwys (“rightly or wrongly”)
• cam-
• camu (“to bend, to distort, to abuse”)
• camwedd (“injustice”)
• coesgam (“bowlegged”)
• edrych yn gam ar (“to frown upon”)
• yng ngham (“at fault, faulty”)

 

Noun

cam m (plural camau)

2. wrong, misdeed

   Synonyms: camwedd, pechod

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cam.

Noun

cam m (plural camau)

2. cam

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cam	gam	ngham	cham
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Yola

Verb

cam

1. Alternative form of caame
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 5:

     Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,

     Old Father Devereux early came there,

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ɕaːm˨˦/
• Tone numbers: cam¹
• Hyphenation: cam

Verb

cam (Sawndip forms 𰇼 or 𭆻 or 𭈧 or 𠮿 or 仨 or 𮞁, 1957–1982 spelling cam)

1. to ask (to request an answer)
2. to inquire; to ask
3. to ask for instructions