kam

See also: Kam, KAM, kám, and käm-

English

Etymology

From Celtic; compare jamb and Gaelic, Irish and Welsh cam.

Adjective

kam (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) crooked, awry
   • 160?, Shakespeare, Coriolanus

     This is clean kam.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for kam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

• Mak, mak

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kam.

Noun

kam (plural kamme)

1. comb

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Albanian

Etymology

Suppletive. The aorist and participle are from Proto-Albanian *pat(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *poti-o-, cognate with Latin potior (“to have a share in, take possession of”). The other forms are from Proto-Albanian *kapmi, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to seize, to grasp”), cognate with Latin capiō (“take, seize”), and akin to Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to have, to hold”) (whence English have, German haben (“to have”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 (haban, “to have”)). Cf. also Romanian am (“I have”), first-person singular indicative form of avea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kam]

Verb

kam (first-person singular past tense pata, participle pasur)

1. I have

Conjugation

conjugation of kam

participle (pjesorja)			pasur
gerund — present (përcjellorja — koha e tashme)			duke pasur
gerund — past (përcjellorja — koha e kryer)			duke pasë pasur
infinitive (paskajorja)			për të pasur
		singular (numri njëjës)			plural (numri shumës)
		1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)	1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)
indicative (mënyra dëftore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	kam	ke	ka	kemi	keni	kanë
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	kisha	kishe	kishte	kishim	kishit	kishin
	simple past (koha e kryer e thjeshtë)	pata	pate	pati	patëm	patët	patën
	perfect (koha e kryer)	kam pasur	ke pasur	ka pasur	kemi pasur	keni pasur	kanë pasur
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	pata pasur	pate pasur	pati pasur	patëm pasur	patët pasur	patën pasur
	future (koha e ardhme)	do të kem	do të kesh	do të ketë	do të kemi	do të keni	do të kenë
	future perfect (koha e ardhme e përparme)	do të kem pasur	do të kesh pasur	do të ketë pasur	do të kemi pasur	do të keni pasur	do të kenë pasur
subjunctive (mënyra lidhore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	të kem	të kesh	të ketë	të kemi	të keni	të kenë
	past (koha e pakryer)	të kisha	të kishe	të kishte	të kishim	të kishit	të kishin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	të kem pasur	të kesh pasur	të ketë pasur	të kemi pasur	të keni pasur	të kenë pasur
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	të kisha pasur	të kishe pasur	të kishte pasur	të kishim pasur	të kishit pasur	të kishin pasur
conditional (mënyra kushtore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	do të kisha	do të kishe	do të kishte	do të kishim	do të kishit	do të kishin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	do të kisha pasur	do të kishe pasur	do të kishte pasur	do të kishim pasur	do të kishit pasur	do të kishin pasur
optative (mënyra dëshirore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	paça	paç	pastë	paçim	paçit	paçin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paça pasur	paç pasur	pastë pasur	paçim pasur	paçit pasur	paçin pasur
admirative (mënyra habitore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	paskam	paske	paska	paskemi	paskeni	paskan
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	paskësha	paskëshe	paskësh	paskëshim	paskëshit	paskëshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paskam pasur	paske pasur	paska pasur	paskemi pasur	paskeni pasur	paskan pasur
	pluperfect (koha e kryer)	paskësha pasur	paskëshe pasur	paskësh pasur	paskëshim pasur	paskëshit pasur	paskëshin pasur
imperative (mënyra urdhërore)		—	ti	—	—	ju	—
			ki			kini

Related terms

• kap

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Adverb

kam

1. where (to what place)

Antonyms

• odkud

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑm/
• Rhymes: -ɑm

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Etymology

From Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.

Noun

Kam

kam m (plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)

1. A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc.
2. (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape
3. (technical) A cam
4. bridge (e.g. of a violin)

Derived terms

• kamband n
• kamblad n
• kambuisje n, kametui n
• kamdoos
• kamdoublet n
• kamdrager
• kamduiker
• kamduin
• kamhaak
• kamgaren n
• kamgras n
• kamhaak
• kamhout n
• kamkever
• kammeling
• kammen
• kammer m
• kammig (also -kammig in compounds)
• kammug
• kamneus
• kamoester
• kamplaat
• kamrad n
• kamreep
• kamschede
• kamschelp
• kamslager
• kamvaren
• kamsel n
• kamvaren
• kamwiel n
• (comb types by use) haarkam, paardekam, roskam
• stofkam

Verb

kam

1. first-person singular present indicative of kammen
2. imperative of kammen

Anagrams

• mak

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaːm]

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Verb

kam

1. first-person singular indicative past of kommen
2. third-person singular indicative past of kommen

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quam.

Adverb

kam

1. than, as, to (in comparison)

   Plu multa kam me. — More than me.

   La karno esas plu fresha kam la fisho. — The meat is fresher than the fish.

See also

• tam (“as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)”)

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Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Noun

kam m

1. A stone, rock, boulder
2. A shoal, reef (above or below water)

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Latvian

Pronoun

kam

1. dative form of kas

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Lithuanian

Pronoun

kam m

1. (pejorative) (interrogative) why, for what reason, what's the reason (literally: who for)

   O kam tau to reikia?

   And why do you barely need this?

Synonyms

• (why) kodėl
• (why) dėl ko

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Lojban

Rafsi

kam

1. rafsi of ka.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammer, definite plural kammene)

1. a comb

Derived terms

• kamaksel

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammar, definite plural kammane)

1. a comb

Derived terms

• kamaksel

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Novial

Preposition

kam

1. than, as

   plu boni kam — better than

   tam boni kam — as good as

   min boni kam — worse than

Related terms

• kom

See also

• tam

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːm/

Noun

kȃm m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑м)

1. (poetic) stone, rock

Declension

Declension of kam

	singular	plural
nominative	kȃm	kȃmi / kȁmovi
genitive	kama	kama / kamova
dative	kamu	kamima / kamovima
accusative	kam	kame / kamove
vocative	kame	kȃmi / kȁmovi
locative	kamu	kamima / kamovima
instrumental	kamom	kamima / kamovima

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Adverb

kam (Cyrillic spelling кам)

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

Synonyms

• kamo

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr, cognate with Danish kam and Dutch kam. That in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth (animate)”), whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”), Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ, “tooth”), Russian зуб (zub, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/, IPA^(key): [kʰam]

Noun

kam c

1. a comb for grooming hair
2. a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
3. a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
4. a crest, ridge of a wave
5. a cam, a part of an engine

Declension

Declension of kam
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kam	kammen	kammar	kammarna
Genitive	kams	kammens	kammars	kammarnas

Derived terms

• bergskam (mountain ridge)
• vågkam (wave ridge)

Related terms

• kamma

See also

• kammare

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English come

Noun

kam

1. come
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):

     Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

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Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cam/

Pronoun

kam

1. who