kamm

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) kabm

Etymology 1

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. Cognate with Welsh cam and Irish cam.

Adjective

kamm

1. bent, crooked
2. wrong, erroneous

Noun

kamm m (plural kammow)

1. error

   Synonyms: kammdybyans, kammweyth, kammwrians

2. wrong

   Synonym: drog

Derived terms

• gul kamm erbynn (“to wrong”, verb)
• kamma (“to curve”, verb)
• kammas (“bay, bend”)
• Kammbronn (“Camborne”)
• kammdremena (“to trespass”, verb)
• kammdreylya (“to zigzag”, verb)
• kammdro (“zigzag”)
• kammdybi (“to err”, verb)
• kammdybyans (“error”)
• kammdybys (“mistaken”)
• kammek (“rim (of a wheel)”)
• kammfydhya (“to mistrust”, verb)
• kammgedhla (“to misinform”, verb)
• kammgedhlow (“misinformation”)
• kammgemeryans (“mistake”)
• kammgemerys (“mistaken, wrong”)
• kammgonvedhes (“to misunderstand”, verb)
• kammgonvedhys (“erroneous”)
• kammgrysyans (“delusion”)
• kammhynsek (“erroneous, unjust, unrighteous, wicked”)
• kammledya (“to mislead”, verb)
• kammneves (“rainbow”)
• kammonderstondya (“to misunderstand”, verb)
• kammusya (“to misuse”, verb)
• kammvethys (“malnourished”)
• kammvreusi (“misjudge”)
• kammweyth (“error, misdeed, trespass”)
• kammwonis (“blunder”)
• kammwrians (“error”)
• kammwul (“to err, to make a mistake”, verb)
• negys kamm (“scam”)
• yn kamm (“badly, wrongly”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman. Cognate with Welsh cam.

Noun

kamm m (plural kammow)

1. step, pace

   Synonyms: kammen, pas

Derived terms

• kammen (“step, pace”)
• kammva (“stile”)

Related terms

• gris (“step (of stairs)”)

Mutation

Mutation of kamm

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
kamm	gamm	hamm	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German kam, from Old Saxon kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”). Doublet of hammas.

Noun

kamm (genitive kammi, partitive kammi)

1. comb

Declension

Declension of kamm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		kamm	kammid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	kammi
genitive			kammide
partitive		kammi	kamme kammisid
illative		kammi kammisse	kammidesse kammesse
inessive		kammis	kammides kammes
elative		kammist	kammidest kammest
allative		kammile	kammidele kammele
adessive		kammil	kammidel kammel
ablative		kammilt	kammidelt kammelt
translative		kammiks	kammideks kammeks
terminative		kammini	kammideni
essive		kammina	kammidena
abessive		kammita	kammideta
comitative		kammiga	kammidega

Derived terms

• kammima

Further reading

• “kamm”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
• “kamm”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
• “kamm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
• kamm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)