kam

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kam.

Noun

kam (plural kamme)

  1. comb

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”).[1] 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

Verb

kam (aorist pata, participle pasur)

  1. I have

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of kam (active voice)

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participle pasur
gerund duke pasur
infinitive për të pasur
singular plural
1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers. 1st pers. 2nd pers. 3rd pers.
indicative present kam ke ka kemi keni kanë
imperfect kisha kishe kishte kishim kishit kishin
aorist pata pate pati patëm patët patën
perfect kam pasur ke pasur ka pasur kemi pasur keni pasur kanë pasur
past perfect kisha pasur kishe pasur kishte pasur kishim pasur kishit pasur kishin pasur
aorist II pata pasur pate pasur pati pasur patëm pasur patët pasur patën pasur
future1 do të kem do të kesh do të ketë do të kemi do të keni do të kenë
future perfect2 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 present të kem të kesh të ketë të kemi të keni të kenë
imperfect të kisha të kishe të kishte të kishim të kishit të kishin
perfect të kem pasur të kesh pasur të ketë pasur të kemi pasur të keni pasur të kenë pasur
past perfect të kisha pasur të kishe pasur të kishte pasur të kishim pasur të kishit pasur të kishin pasur
conditional1, 2 imperfect do të kisha do të kishe do të kishte do të kishim do të kishit do të kishin
past perfect 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 present paça paç pastë paçim paçit paçin
perfect paça pasur paç pasur pastë pasur paçim pasur paçit pasur paçin pasur
admirative present paskam paske paska paskemi paskeni paskan
imperfect paskësha paskëshe paskësh paskëshim paskëshit paskëshin
perfect paskam pasur paske pasur paska pasur paskemi pasur paskeni pasur paskan pasur
past perfect paskësha pasur paskëshe pasur paskësh pasur paskëshim pasur paskëshit pasur paskëshin pasur
imperative present — ki — — kini —
1) indicative future identical with conditional present 2) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kam”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 167

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kam/
  • Audio:(file)

Adverb

kam

  1. where (to what place)

Antonyms

Further reading

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kam

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kammen
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kammen

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

Verb

kam

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quam. The initial qu was changed to k so not to cause confusion the word with quan.

Pronunciation

Adverb

kam

  1. than, as, to (in comparison)
    La karno esas plu fresha kam la fisho. ― The meat is fresher than the fish.
    Co esas tam utila kam to. ― This one is as useful as that one.

See also

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Noun

kam m gen. kamienia

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

Latvian

Pronoun

kam

  1. (deprecated template usage) dative form of kas

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

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian կամ (kam).[1][2]

Noun

kam[3]

  1. threshing sledge, threshing board
    Synonyms: cencer, patoz

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կամն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 502b
  2. ^ Cabolov, R. L. (2001) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ kurdskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Kurdish Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Russian Academy Press Vostochnaya Literatura, page 513
  3. ^ Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 323b

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

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

  1. a comb

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr. Akin to English comb.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a comb

Derived terms

References

Novial

Preposition

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  1. than, as
    plu boni kam — better than
    tam boni kam — as good as
    min boni kam — worse than

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

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

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr,[1] cognate with Danish kam[1] and Dutch kam. That in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm).[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth (animate)”),[1] whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “peg”),[1] Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ (zǫbŭ, “tooth”), Russian зуб (zub, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Swedish etymological dictionary (article "kam", in Swedish)

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English come

Noun

kam

  1. come
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Zazaki

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Pronoun

kam

  1. who

Zou

Noun

kam

  1. tiger

See also

References

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