kom

See also: KOM, köm, koṃ, kom̧, kǫm, kɔm, and KOM.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch komen.

Verb

kom (present kom, present participle komende, past participle gekom)

1. come

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Dagbani

Noun

kom

1. water

References

• A Linguistic and Discursive Analysis of Register Variation in Dagbani (2008, →ISBN
• R. Blench, Dagbani

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Danish

Pronunciation

• (imperative) IPA^(key): /kɔm/, [ˈkʰʌm]
• (past) IPA^(key): /kɔm/, [ˈkʰʌmˀ]

Verb

kom

1. imperative of komme
2. past tense of komme

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/

• audio

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Etymology 1

Etymology beyond Middle Dutch debated; perhaps ultimately not of Germanic origin.

Noun

kom f (plural kommen, diminutive kommetje n)

1. bowl
2. basin
3. socket (hollow part in a bone)
4. (geography) center
5. inner harbour

Derived terms

• waskom
• uit de kom
• bebouwde kom
• dorpskom
• vaartkom

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

kom

1. first-person singular present indicative of komen
2. imperative of komen

Anagrams

• mok

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoːm]

Verb

kom

1. first-person singular past of koma
2. third-person singular past of koma

   hann kom aftur

   he came back

   • hann kom, sá og sigraði

     veni, vidi, vici (Julius Caesar)

3. imperative of koma

   góða mamma, kom nú og set teg her hjá mær!

   dear mummy, come now and sit beside me!

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French comme, Italian come, Spanish como. Decision no. 231, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom/

Preposition

kom

1. as (being), in the capacity of

   Me amas il kom mea fraton.

   I love him as my brother.

Synonyms

• esante

See also

• quale

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. simple past of komme
2. imperative of komme

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. past tense of koma, kome, komma and komme
2. imperative of koma, kome, komma and komme

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Novial

Conjunction

kom

1. (subordinating) as

Preposition

kom

1. as (in the role of)

Related terms

• kam

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• (dative) IPA^(key): /kôm/
• (locative) IPA^(key): /kǒm/

Pronoun

kȍm (Cyrillic spelling ко̏м) or kòm (Cyrillic spelling ко̀м)

1. to whom (dative)
2. who (locative)

Declension

Declension of kom

	singular/plural
nominative	tkȍ, kȍ
genitive	kòga, kȍg
dative	kòmu, kòme, kȍm
accusative	kòga, kȍg
vocative	—
locative	kòm, kòme
instrumental	kȋm, kíme

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm/

• Audio

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Verb

kom

1. past tense of komma.
2. imperative of komma.

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English comb.

Noun

kom

1. comb
2. horn of an animal

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Zazaki

Alternative forms

• kam

Pronoun

kom

1. who