krama

See also: kräma

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Khmer ក្រមា (krɑmaa).

Noun

krama (countable and uncountable, plural krama or kramas)

1. A traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf or bandana or to carry children.

Translations

a traditional Cambodian garment with many uses

• Khmer: ក្រមារ (krɑmaa)
• Russian: кра́ма (ru) f (kráma)

Etymology 2

Noun

krama (uncountable)

1. A polite and formal style of the Javanese language.

Anagrams

• karma, Makar, Karma, Marak, makar, Karam, Marka

Balinese

Etymology

From Old Javanese krama, from Sanskrit क्रम (krama, “custom, law, system”).

Noun

krama (Balinese script ᬓ᭄ᬭᬫ)

1. customary law
2. member of council

Indonesian

Noun

krama (plural krama-krama)

1. (uncommon) alternative form of kromo

Javanese

Romanization

krama

1. romanization of ꦏꦿꦩ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्रम (krama, “custom, law, system”).

Noun

krama

1. course, order
2. state, condition
3. conduct, behaviour
4. custom
5. thereupon, then; duly

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦿꦩ (krama)
  • Banyumasan: krama
  • → Indonesian: kromo
• Osing: krama
• → Balinese: krama

References

• "krama" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
• → Tengger: krama

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kram. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krǎːma/
• Hyphenation: kra‧ma

Noun

kráma f (Cyrillic spelling кра́ма)

1. junk, trash (old, worn or used things)

Declension

Declension of krama

	singular	plural
nominative	krama	krame
genitive	krame	krama
dative	krami	kramama
accusative	kramu	krame
vocative	kramo	krame
locative	krami	kramama
instrumental	kramom	kramama

Further reading

• “krama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Alternative forms

• kjama (nonstandard, Internet slang)

Etymology

From Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

krama

1. inflection of kram:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

krama (present kramar, preterite kramade, supine kramat, imperative krama)

1. to hug (to embrace)
   • 1940, Karin Boye, Ur funktion‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 16:

     [Bodil] frågade: – Kan du säga mig, vad det är för nytta med att jag lever? Han kramade henne en aning förskräckt. Vad var detta för griller?

     Bodil asked, "Tell me, what's the point of me living?" He hugged her, slightly startled. What kind of whim was this?

   • 1992, Carl Michael Bellman, edited by Gunnar Hillbom & James Massengale, Fredmans sånger‎^[2], Norstedts förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Bellmanssällskapet, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 43:

     Min gudinna, krama mig så ömt du kan.

     My goddess, hug me as tenderly as you can.

2. to squeeze (to apply pressure from multiple sides at once)

   Krama ur vattnet ur de rivna morötterna!

   Squeeze the water out of the grated carrots!

   • 1857, Viktor Rydberg, Fribytaren på Östersjön‎^[3], A. Kösters förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 309:

     Erik hade under dessa ögonblick ångestfullt kramat tjenarens hand.

     During these moments, Erik had anxiously squeezed his servant's hand.

   • 1925, Selma Lagerlöf, Löwensköldska ringen‎^[4], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 74:

     Han hade velat krama ihjäl Ingilbert Bårdsson mellan sina starka armar.

     He would have liked to squeeze Ingilbert Bårdsson to death in his own strong arms.

Conjugation

Conjugation of krama (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	krama		kramas
supine	kramat		kramats
imperative	krama		—
imper. plural1	kramen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	kramar	kramade	kramas	kramades
ind. plural1	krama	kramade	kramas	kramades
subjunctive2	krame	kramade	krames	kramades
present participle		kramande
past participle		kramad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kram
• kramare

References

• krama in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

Anagrams

• makar