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kamma

See also: Kamma and kåmmå

Ladino

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Etymology

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From Hebrew כַּמָּה (káma).

Adverb

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kamma (Latin spelling)

  1. how much, how many

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Northern Paiute

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Verb

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kamma

  1. taste

Pali

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma).

Noun

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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

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Declension table of "kamma" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kammaṃkammāni or kammā
Accusative (second)kammaṃkammāni
Instrumental (third)kammena or kammā or kammunā or kammanākammehi or kammebhi
Dative (fourth)kammassa or kammāya or kammatthaṃ or kammunokammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kammasmā or kammamhā or kammā or kammunā or kammanākammehi or kammebhi
Genitive (sixth)kammassa or kammunokammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kammasmiṃ or kammamhi or kammekammesu
Vocative (calling)kammakammāni

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. to comb (to groom the hair with a toothed implement)
    kamma håret
    comb one's hair

Conjugation

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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.

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West Makian

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Etymology

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Compare kamuma (“finger”). Perhaps also related to East Makian kamo (“hand”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kamma

  1. hand
    Synonyms: ia, (polite) joujou

References

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  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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