damka

See also: damką

Kashubian

Damka

Etymology

Borrowed from German Dame + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdam.ka/
• Rhymes: -amka
• Syllabification: dam‧ka

Noun

damka f

1. (board games) draughts (UK), checkers (US)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “warcaby”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “warcaby”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dem-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *dṓmder.

Proto-Italic *domanos

Proto-Italic *domanā

Latin domina

Late Latin domna

Old French dame

French damebor.

Polish dama

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish damka

From dama + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdam.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amka
• Syllabification: dam‧ka

Noun

damka f

1. (rare) diminutive of dama
2. girl's bicycle
3. (colloquial, chess) queen

   Synonyms: dama, królowa, hetman

4. (checkers) king (piece that reached the farthest row forward, thus becoming crowned (either by turning it upside-down, or by stacking another checker on it) and gaining more freedom of movement)

Declension

Declension of damka

	singular	plural
nominative	damka	damki
genitive	damki	damek
dative	damce	damkom
accusative	damkę	damki
instrumental	damką	damkami
locative	damce	damkach
vocative	damko	damki

Further reading

• “damka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “damka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Swahili

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-damka (infinitive kudamka)

1. to get up early

Conjugation

Conjugation of -damka
Positive present -nadamka Subjunctive -damke Negative -damki Imperative singular damka
Infinitives
Positive kudamka Negative kutodamka
Imperatives
Singular damka Plural damkeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hudamka Positive past positive subject concord + -lidamka Negative past negative subject concord + -kudamka
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadamka) Singular Plural 1st person ninadamka/nadamka tunadamka 2nd person unadamka mnadamka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadamka wanadamka other classes positive subject concord + -nadamka
Negative present (negative subject concord + -damki) Singular Plural 1st person sidamki hatudamki 2nd person hudamki hamdamki 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadamki hawadamki other classes negative subject concord + -damki
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadamka Negative future negative subject concord + -tadamka
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -damke) Singular Plural 1st person nidamke tudamke 2nd person udamke mdamke 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adamke wadamke other classes positive subject concord + -damke
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidamke Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedamka Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedamka Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidamka Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidamka
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adamka) Singular Plural 1st person nadamka twadamka 2nd person wadamka mwadamka 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adamka wadamka m-mi(III/IV) wadamka yadamka ji-ma(V/VI) ladamka yadamka ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadamka vyadamka n(IX/X) yadamka zadamka u(XI) wadamka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadamka pa(XVI) padamka mu(XVIII) mwadamka
Perfect positive subject concord + -medamka "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadamka "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadamka "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidamka "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodamka Consecutive kadamka / positive subject concord + -kadamka Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadamke
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nidamka -tudamka 2nd person -kudamka -wadamka/-kudamkeni/-wadamkeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdamka -wadamka m-mi(III/IV) -udamka -idamka ji-ma(V/VI) -lidamka -yadamka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidamka -vidamka n(IX/X) -idamka -zidamka u(XI) -udamka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kudamka pa(XVI) -padamka mu(XVIII) -mudamka Reflexive -jidamka
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -damka- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -damkaye -damkao m-mi(III/IV) -damkao -damkayo ji-ma(V/VI) -damkalo -damkayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -damkacho -damkavyo n(IX/X) -damkayo -damkazo u(XI) -damkao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -damkako pa(XVI) -damkapo mu(XVIII) -damkamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -damka) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedamka -odamka m-mi(III/IV) -odamka -yodamka ji-ma(V/VI) -lodamka -yodamka ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodamka -vyodamka n(IX/X) -yodamka -zodamka u(XI) -odamka see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodamka pa(XVI) -podamka mu(XVIII) -modamka
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.