krama

See also: kräma

English

Etymology

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)

Anagrams

• Karam, Makar, karma, makar

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Balinese

Romanization

krama

1. Romanization of ᬓ᭄ᬭᬫ

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Indonesian

Noun

krama (first-person possessive kramaku, second-person possessive kramamu, third-person possessive kramanya)

1. nonstandard spelling of kromo.

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Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese krama, from Sanskrit क्रम (krama, “manner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɔmɔ/

Noun

ꦏꦿꦩ (krama)

1. behaviour
2. politeness
3. character
4. a register emphasizing politeness
   1. (linguistics) Polite register of the Javanese language.
   2. (linguistics) Polite terms used in the Javanese polite register.
5. to marry
6. spouse

Alternative forms

• krama (standard)
• kromo (nonstandard)

Compounds

• ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦢꦺꦱ (krama dèsa, “variety of krama spoken in rural area”)
• ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦩꦢꦾ (krama madya, “middle-level variety of krama”)
• ꦏꦿꦩ​ꦲꦶꦁ​ꦒꦶꦭ꧀ (krama inggil, “top-level variety of krama”)
• ꦏꦿꦩꦔꦺꦴꦏꦺꦴ (krama ngoko, “lowest-level variety of krama”)

 

Descendants

• → Banyumasan: krama
• → Indonesian: kromo

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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
• → Balinese: ᬓ᭄ᬭᬫ (krama)
• → Osing: krama
• → Tengger: krama

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Kram.

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

References

• “krama” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Adjective

krama

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of kram.

Verb

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

1. to hug (embrace)
2. to squeeze, to press (from all directions around contemporarily)

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
	Participles
Present participle	kramande
Past participle	kramad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• kram
• krama ur
• urkrama
• kjama

Anagrams

• makar