kama
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɑːmə
Etymology 1
From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
Noun
kama (plural kama or kamas)
See also
Kama (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
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Noun
kama (uncountable)
- (India) The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition.
- 1958, V. Raghavan Chapter XII: Kāma, The Third End of Man, Stephen N Hay, William Theodore De Bary (editors), Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume 2, page 258,
- The place of kāma or the pursuit of love and pleasure in the balanced Hindu scheme of life derives from the importance attached to the life of the married householder (grhastha).
- 2006, Indian Erotology, article in Alan Soble (editor), Sex from Plato to Paglia: A Philosophical Encyclopedia, Volume 1: A-L, page 493,
- Ancient Indian thought divides the principal aims of human existence into dharma (religion, morality, social obligations), artha (economics, politics, power), and kāma (erotic pleasure, sexual interaction, sexual gratification).
- 1958, V. Raghavan Chapter XII: Kāma, The Third End of Man, Stephen N Hay, William Theodore De Bary (editors), Sources of Indian Tradition, Volume 2, page 258,
Derived terms
See also
Anagrams
Acehnese
Noun
kama
- room (part of a building)
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Chichewa
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Portuguese cama.
Pronunciation
Noun
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Synonyms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
-kama? (infinitive kukáma)
- to milk
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
kama (genitive kama, partitive kama)
Declension
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Finnish
Etymology
Unknown; possibly related to dialectal kamahtaa ("to thump, to thud").
Pronunciation
Noun
kama
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) stuff (miscellaneous items or objects; personal effects)
- Mitä ovat kaikki nuo kamat makuuhuoneesi lattialla?
- What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor?
- (slang, singular only) product (illegal drugs)
Declension
Inflection of kama (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kama | kamat | |
genitive | kaman | kamojen | |
partitive | kamaa | kamoja | |
illative | kamaan | kamoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kama | kamat | |
accusative | nom. | kama | kamat |
gen. | kaman | ||
genitive | kaman | kamojen kamain rare | |
partitive | kamaa | kamoja | |
inessive | kamassa | kamoissa | |
elative | kamasta | kamoista | |
illative | kamaan | kamoihin | |
adessive | kamalla | kamoilla | |
ablative | kamalta | kamoilta | |
allative | kamalle | kamoille | |
essive | kamana | kamoina | |
translative | kamaksi | kamoiksi | |
abessive | kamatta | kamoitta | |
instructive | — | kamoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Compounds
Indonesian
Etymology
From Sanskrit काम (kāma, “love”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kama
- love, especially sexual love or sensuality.
- 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 of Indonesia, 2016.
Jamamadí
Verb
kama
- (Banawá) to come
References
- 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Japanese
Romanization
kama
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese cama.
Noun
kama
Kavalan
Etymology
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Noun
kama
Lele (Chad)
Noun
kāmā
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
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
Noun
kama
Ontong Java
Noun
kama
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Portuguese cama and Spanish cama and Kabuverdianu kama.
Noun
kama
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)
Declension
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish قامه (kama).
Pronunciation
Noun
kȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ка̏ма)
- a kind of dagger
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
kȃma m (Cyrillic spelling ка̑ма)
- (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
Swahili
Etymology 1
Conjunction
kama
Synonyms
Etymology 2
Verb
-kama (infinitive kukama)
- to milk
Conjugation
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish cama (“bed”), from Late Latin, probably of Celtic or Iberian origin. Compare also camba.
Noun
kama
Synonyms
Turkish
Noun
kama
Descendants
Xhosa
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
-kama?
Inflection
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