kamo

See also: Kamo and kamö

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧mo

Pronoun

kamo

1. (plural) you
2. (honorific singular) you

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Chavacano

Pronoun

kamó

1. (plural) you

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Japanese

Romanization

kamo

1. Rōmaji transcription of かも
2. Rōmaji transcription of カモ

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Maori

Noun

kamo

1. eyelash

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâmo/
• Hyphenation: ka‧mo

Adverb

kȁmo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏мо)

1. where (to), in which direction, whither

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Waray-Waray

Pronoun

kamó

1. (plural) you
2. (honorific singular) you

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Wauja

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.mɨ/

Noun

kamo

1. sun

   Kamo inyatapai.

   [The] sun is hot.

   Kamo iya paponaku.

   [The] sun sets. (Lit., the sun enters [his] house.)

   Kamo putukapai paponanakutsa.

   [The] sun rises. (Lit., the sun emerges from [his] house.)

   Kamo tapokeheneingeu.

   [It] is twilight. (Lit., the sun disappears, is extinguished.)

   Kamo yumekepei.

   [The] sun is in eclipse. (Lit., the sun is menstruating.)

2. time (of day)

   Kanai itsapai kamo?

   Q: What time is it? (Lit., Where [in the sky] is the sun?)

   Kamotojojokapai aitsu.

   A: We are at noon. (Lit., [The] sun is exactly straight [above] us.)

3. wristwatch, clock, timepiece

   Okanutapiyaitsapai okamoja.

   On [his/her/its] wrist was [his/her/its] watch.

Usage notes

• When referring to the sun, kamo is obligatorily unpossessed. When referring to a wristwatch or clock, it can show possession.
• Kamo is the heavenly body seen in the sky, and also a culture hero of ancient times, when the world was new. Kamo in Wauja stories is always a male figure, even though during a solar eclipse the sun is said to menstruate.

Inflection

    Possession of kamo

	singular	plural
first person	nukamoja	akamoja
second person	pixamoja	yixamoja
third person	okamoja	okamojapa

Derived terms

• kamokawa (year)
• kamomawa (day, daytime, during the day)

See also

• kejo (moon)
• kalunti (star, stars)
• enunaku (sky)
• iyepe (cloud, clouds)

References

• Acácio Tadeu de Camargo Piedade, "From Musical Poetics to Deep Language: The Ritual of the Wauja Sacred Flutes" (In Burst of Breath: Indigenous Ritual Wind Instruments in Lowland South America, 2011, →ISBN, p. 243
• Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN, page 170