kamkam

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Bikol Central

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Verb

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kamkam

  1. to grab with the hand

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: kam‧kam
  • IPA(key): /ˈkamkam/ [ˈkam.kɐm]

Verb

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kámkam

  1. (especially food) to touch with the fingers
  2. to embezzle

Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamkam.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kamkám (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜃᜋ᜔)

  1. usurpation; appropriating of something as one's own

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • kamkam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018