kamma

See also: Kamma

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew.

Adverb

1. how much, how many

Synonyms

• kuanto

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Northern Paiute

Verb

kamma

1. taste

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Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• कम्म (Devanagari script)
• কম্ম (Bengali script)
• කම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• ကမ္မ or ၵမ္မ or ၵမ်မ (Burmese script)
• กมฺม or กัมมะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ກມ຺ມ or ກັມມະ (Lao script)
• កម្ម (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Cognate with , .

Noun

kamma n

1. doing, deed, action

   vāṇijakamma ― trade

   pāpakamma ― a sin

2. work, occupation

   kammaṃ karoti ― to be employed

3. (Buddhism, Hinduism) karma
4. ceremony
5. (archaic) building; weaving (action of)

Declension

Declension table of "kamma" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kammaṃ	kammāni or kammā
Accusative (second)	kammaṃ	kammāni
Instrumental (third)	kammena or kammā or kammunā or kammanā	kammehi or kammebhi
Dative (fourth)	kammassa or kammāya or kammatthaṃ or kammuno	kammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kammasmā or kammamhā or kammā or kammunā or kammanā	kammehi or kammebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kammassa or kammuno	kammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kammasmiṃ or kammamhi or kamme	kammesu
Vocative (calling)	kamma	kammāni

Descendants

• → Burmese: ကံ (kam)
• → Khmer: កម្ម (kam)
• → Lao: ກຳ (kam)

References

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “kamma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kamba, replaced older umlauted form kæmba under influence by the noun kamber (“comb”), from Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną. Compare Danish kæmme, Norwegian kjemme, Icelandic kemba.

Verb

kamma (present kammar, preterite kammade, supine kammat, imperative kamma)

1. to comb (to groom the hair with a toothed implement)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kamma (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	kamma		kammas
Supine	kammat		kammats
Imperative	kamma		—
Imper. plural1	kammen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kammar	kammade	kammas	kammades
Ind. plural1	kamma	kammade	kammas	kammades
Subjunctive2	kamme	kammade	kammes	kammades
	Participles
Present participle	kammande
Past participle	kammad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kamma hem
• kamma noll
• kamma ut

Related terms

• kamning

References

• kamma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)