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kamera

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See also: kamẹra, kamerą, kamerā, and Kamera

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kamera (plural kameras)

  1. camera

Ainu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese カメラ (kamera), from English camera.

Noun

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kamera

  1. camera

Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French caméra, from English camera.

Noun

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kamera

  1. photo camera, video camera
    Synonym: ücre

Declension

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Declension of kamera
singular plural
nominative kamera kameralar
genitive kameranıñ kameralarnıñ
dative kamerağa kameralarğa
accusative kameranı kameralarnı
locative kamerada kameralarda
ablative kameradan kameralardan

References

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  • Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “kamera”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

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Etymology

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Via Western-European languages (German Kamera, English camera) from New Latin camera obscura (literally “dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkamɛra]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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kamera f (diminutive kamerka)

  1. camera (for moving pictures)

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2007), “kamera”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Swedish kamera or German Kamera, ultimately from New Latin camera obscura.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑmerɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝me̞rɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmerɑ
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧me‧ra
  • Hyphenation(key): ka‧me‧ra

Noun

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kamera

  1. camera
    Synonym: valokuvauskone

Declension

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Inflection of kamera (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative kamera kamerat
genitive kameran kameroiden
kameroitten
partitive kameraa kameroita
illative kameraan kameroihin
singular plural
nominative kamera kamerat
accusative nom. kamera kamerat
gen. kameran
genitive kameran kameroiden
kameroitten
kamerain rare
partitive kameraa kameroita
inessive kamerassa kameroissa
elative kamerasta kameroista
illative kameraan kameroihin
adessive kameralla kameroilla
ablative kameralta kameroilta
allative kameralle kameroille
essive kamerana kameroina
translative kameraksi kameroiksi
abessive kameratta kameroitta
instructive — kameroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of kamera (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kamerani kamerani
accusative nom. kamerani kamerani
gen. kamerani
genitive kamerani kameroideni
kameroitteni
kameraini rare
partitive kameraani kameroitani
inessive kamerassani kameroissani
elative kamerastani kameroistani
illative kameraani kameroihini
adessive kamerallani kameroillani
ablative kameraltani kameroiltani
allative kameralleni kameroilleni
essive kameranani kameroinani
translative kamerakseni kameroikseni
abessive kamerattani kameroittani
instructive — —
comitative — kameroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative kamerasi kamerasi
accusative nom. kamerasi kamerasi
gen. kamerasi
genitive kamerasi kameroidesi
kameroittesi
kameraisi rare
partitive kameraasi kameroitasi
inessive kamerassasi kameroissasi
elative kamerastasi kameroistasi
illative kameraasi kameroihisi
adessive kamerallasi kameroillasi
ablative kameraltasi kameroiltasi
allative kamerallesi kameroillesi
essive kameranasi kameroinasi
translative kameraksesi kameroiksesi
abessive kamerattasi kameroittasi
instructive — —
comitative — kameroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kameramme kameramme
accusative nom. kameramme kameramme
gen. kameramme
genitive kameramme kameroidemme
kameroittemme
kameraimme rare
partitive kameraamme kameroitamme
inessive kamerassamme kameroissamme
elative kamerastamme kameroistamme
illative kameraamme kameroihimme
adessive kamerallamme kameroillamme
ablative kameraltamme kameroiltamme
allative kamerallemme kameroillemme
essive kameranamme kameroinamme
translative kameraksemme kameroiksemme
abessive kamerattamme kameroittamme
instructive — —
comitative — kameroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative kameranne kameranne
accusative nom. kameranne kameranne
gen. kameranne
genitive kameranne kameroidenne
kameroittenne
kamerainne rare
partitive kameraanne kameroitanne
inessive kamerassanne kameroissanne
elative kamerastanne kameroistanne
illative kameraanne kameroihinne
adessive kamerallanne kameroillanne
ablative kameraltanne kameroiltanne
allative kamerallenne kameroillenne
essive kamerananne kameroinanne
translative kameraksenne kameroiksenne
abessive kamerattanne kameroittanne
instructive — —
comitative — kameroinenne

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English camera, from Latin camera (obscura) (literally “(dark) chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒmɛrɒ]
  • Rhymes: -rɒ
  • Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra

Noun

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kamera (plural kamerák)

  1. camera (a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)
    Synonyms: (for still pictures) fényképezőgép, (for moving pictures) filmfelvevő
  2. video camera
    térfigyelő kamera ― surveillance camera

Declension

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Possessive forms of kamera
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kamerám kameráim
2nd person sing. kamerád kameráid
3rd person sing. kamerája kamerái
1st person plural kameránk kameráink
2nd person plural kamerátok kameráitok
3rd person plural kamerájuk kameráik

Derived terms

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Compound words with this term at the end

References

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  1. ^ István Tótfalusi (2005), Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára [A Storehouse of Foreign Words: An Explanatory and Etymological Dictionary of Foreign Words], Budapest: Tinta, →ISBN

Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch camera, from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”). Doublet of kamar and kamerad.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kaˈmɛ.ra]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mè‧ra

Noun

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kamera (plural kamera-kamera)

  1. camera (a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)
    Synonyms: alat potret, fototustel (dated), tustel (dated)

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Japanese

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Romanization

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kamera

  1. Rōmaji transcription of カメラ

Latvian

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Noun

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kamera f (4th declension)

  1. camera
  2. chamber
  3. cell (room in a prison for containing inmates)

Declension

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Declension of kamera (4th)
singular plural
nominative kamera kameras
genitive kameras kameru
dative kamerai kamerām
accusative kameru kameras
instrumental kameru kamerām
locative kamerā kamerās
vocative kamera kameras

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Lingala

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English camera.

Noun

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kamera

  1. camera

Lithuanian

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Noun

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kãmera f (plural kãmeros) stress pattern 1

  1. cell, chamber, compartment
  2. camera

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Declension of kãmera
singular plural
nominative kãmera kãmeros
genitive kãmeros kãmerų
dative kãmerai kãmeroms
accusative kãmerą kãmeras
instrumental kãmera kãmeromis
locative kãmeroje kãmerose
vocative kãmera kãmeros

Malay

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English camera, from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”), of Old Iranian origin, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā- (“something curved”), from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of kamar, kampus, and komrad.

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kamera (Jawi spelling کاميرا)

  1. camera (device for taking photos or videos)

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Mauritian Creole

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Noun

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kamera

  1. camera (a device for taking still or moving pictures or photographs)
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References

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  • Baker, Philip; Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. (1987), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN, page 134
  • Carpooran, Arnaud (2011), Diksioner Morisien [Mauritian Dictionary] (in Mauritian Creole), second edition, Éditions Le Printemps, →ISBN, page 459

Norwegian Bokmål

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kamera

Etymology

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From Latin camera.

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kamera n (definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera or kameraer, definite plural kameraene)

  1. a camera (device for recording visual images, either on film or digitally)
    Synonym: fotoapparat

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Latin camera.

Noun

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kamera n (definite singular kameraet, indefinite plural kamera, definite plural kameraa)

  1. a camera (as above)
    Synonym: fotoapparat

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Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára), from Old Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *kamarā-, from *kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from English camera. Doublet of komora.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kaˈmɛ.ra/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛra
  • Syllabification: ka‧me‧ra

Noun

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kamera f (diminutive kamerka)

  1. (rare) cell, chamber
    Synonyms: cela, izba, komora
  2. (photography) video camera
    Synonym: aparat fotograficzny
  3. (historical) office that manages the royal estates and revenues
    Hypernym: urząd
  4. (military) groove in the barrel into which a round is inserted
    Hypernym: wyżłobienie

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Derived terms

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adjective
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verb

Further reading

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  • “kamera”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “kamera”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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kàmera f (Cyrillic spelling ка̀мера)

  1. video camera

Declension

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Declension of kamera
singular plural
nominative kàmera kamere
genitive kamere kȁmērā
dative kameri kamerama
accusative kameru kamere
vocative kamero kamere
locative kameri kamerama
instrumental kamerom kamerama

Further reading

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  • “kamera”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kamera/, [ˈkamera]
  • Rhymes: -era
  • Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra

Noun

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kamera f (relational adjective kamerový, diminutive kamerka)

  1. camera

Declension

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Declension of kamera
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativekamerakamery
genitivekamerykamier
dativekamerekamerám
accusativekamerukamery
locativekamerekamerách
instrumentalkameroukamerami
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Further reading

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  • “kamera”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Swahili

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kamera
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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    Borrowed from English camera.

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    kamera class IX (plural kamera class X or makamera class VI)

    1. camera (for taking pictures)

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    Etymology

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    From New Latin camera obscura (literally “dark chamber”), because the first cameras used a pinhole and a dark room; from Latin camera (“chamber or bedchamber”), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”). Doublet of kammare.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːm(ɛ)ra/
    • The e is virtually never pronounced in everyday speech.

    Noun

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    kamera c

    1. camera

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    Tagalog

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from English camera, a learned borrowing from Latin camera, borrowed from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára, “anything with an arched cover, a covered carriage or boat, a vaulted chamber, a vault”), from Proto-Iranian *kamarā, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em-. Doublet of kamara.

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      Noun

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      kámerá (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒᜇ)

      1. camera
        Synonyms: kodak, (dated) kamara
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      Further reading

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      • “kamera”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

      Tok Pisin

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      Etymology

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      From English camera.

      Noun

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      kamera

      1. camera

      Turkish

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      Turkish Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from French caméra, from English camera.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /kɑˈmeɾɑ/
        • Hyphenation: ka‧me‧ra

        Noun

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        kamera (definite accusative kamerayı, plural kameralar)

        1. video camera
        2. (of a cell phone) camera

        Declension

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        Declension of kamera
        singular plural
        nominative kamera kameralar
        definite accusative kamerayı kameraları
        dative kameraya kameralara
        locative kamerada kameralarda
        ablative kameradan kameralardan
        genitive kameranın kameraların
        Possessive forms
        nominative
        singular plural
        1st singular kameram kameralarım
        2nd singular kameran kameraların
        3rd singular kamerası kameraları
        1st plural kameramız kameralarımız
        2nd plural kameranız kameralarınız
        3rd plural kameraları kameraları
        definite accusative
        singular plural
        1st singular kameramı kameralarımı
        2nd singular kameranı kameralarını
        3rd singular kamerasını kameralarını
        1st plural kameramızı kameralarımızı
        2nd plural kameranızı kameralarınızı
        3rd plural kameralarını kameralarını
        dative
        singular plural
        1st singular kamerama kameralarıma
        2nd singular kamerana kameralarına
        3rd singular kamerasına kameralarına
        1st plural kameramıza kameralarımıza
        2nd plural kameranıza kameralarınıza
        3rd plural kameralarına kameralarına
        locative
        singular plural
        1st singular kameramda kameralarımda
        2nd singular kameranda kameralarında
        3rd singular kamerasında kameralarında
        1st plural kameramızda kameralarımızda
        2nd plural kameranızda kameralarınızda
        3rd plural kameralarında kameralarında
        ablative
        singular plural
        1st singular kameramdan kameralarımdan
        2nd singular kamerandan kameralarından
        3rd singular kamerasından kameralarından
        1st plural kameramızdan kameralarımızdan
        2nd plural kameranızdan kameralarınızdan
        3rd plural kameralarından kameralarından
        genitive
        singular plural
        1st singular kameramın kameralarımın
        2nd singular kameranın kameralarının
        3rd singular kamerasının kameralarının
        1st plural kameramızın kameralarımızın
        2nd plural kameranızın kameralarınızın
        3rd plural kameralarının kameralarının
        Predicative forms
        singular plural
        1st singular kamerayım kameralarım
        2nd singular kamerasın kameralarsın
        3rd singular kamera
        kameradır
        kameralar
        kameralardır
        1st plural kamerayız kameralarız
        2nd plural kamerasınız kameralarsınız
        3rd plural kameralar kameralardır

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        Ulithian

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from English camera.

          Noun

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          kamera

          1. (technology) camera

          References

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          • Yap State Department of Education (2025), Yaar Yaelwich Dekseneeri Irel Yal'ool Yiuldiy [Children's Picture Dictionary In Ulithian]‎[5] (in Ulithian and English), 1st edition, Auckland, New Zealand: Ultimo Global, page 30