kamma

See also: Kamma and kåmmå

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew כַּמָּה (káma).

Adverb

kamma

1. how much, how many

   Synonym: kuanto

Makasar

Etymology

Contracted form of archaic kamua, from kua +‎ -um-, literally “like what is said”, from Proto-South Sulawesi *kua (“to say, speak”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kua (“how; whatchamacallit; to speak, talk”). Compare Coastal Konjo kamua and pakua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamːa/, [ˈkʰam.ma]
• Hyphenation: kam‧ma

Adverb

kamma (Lontara spelling ᨀᨆ or 𑻠𑻥)

1. so; thus; such

   Synonyms: (archaic, polite) kontu, (archaic, dialectal) kamua

   Kammami leʼbaka kuciniʼ

   What I saw was so.

   Kammaìji pakkananna naniaʼ battu karaenga

   While he was still speaking thus, the karaeng arrived.

   Tau kamma eroʼna

   Someone whose will is thus (i.e., someone whose will must be done; a boss).

2. as it should be; the norm

Derived terms

affixations

• ka kammaji
• kammaya
• kammài
• pakamma
• pasangkamma
• pasikamma
• pasingkamma
• sakamma-kammana
• sangkamma
• sangkammàng
• sikamma
• singkamma
• takamma
• takamma-kammanna
• takammanna

reduplications

• kamma-kamma
• sikamma-kamma

compounds & phrases

• anne kamma
• ante kamma
• barang kammaji
• Kaminang Kammaya
• kamma tojeng
• kamma-kammanne
• kammayatompa
• paante kamma
• riante kamma
• riantena kamma

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek [Makasar-Dutch dictionary], 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, pages 281-283

Northern Paiute

Verb

kamma

1. taste

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Traveller Norwegian kamma. Compare Swedish Tavringer Romani kamma.

Verb

kamma (present kammar, present 3 person plural kammas, past kamtes, past 3 person singular kamtes, past participle kammat, present participle kammande)

1. (Rodi) to have

References

• Gjest Baardsen; Fredrik Larsen Hartman (1948 (posthumous)), Vandrings- eller skøiersprog

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• कम्म (Devanagari script)
• কম্ম (Bengali script)
• කම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• ကမ္မ or ၵမ္မ or ၵမ်မ (Burmese script)
• กมฺม or กัมมะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ກມ຺ມ or ກັມມະ (Lao script)
• កម្ម (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

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

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

Declension table of "kamma" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	kammaṃ	kammāni or kammā
Accusative (second)	kammaṃ	kammāni
Instrumental (third)	kammena or kammā or kammunā or kammanā	kammehi or kammebhi
Dative (fourth)	kammassa or kammāya or kammatthaṃ or kammuno	kammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	kammasmā or kammamhā or kammā or kammunā or kammanā	kammehi or kammebhi
Genitive (sixth)	kammassa or kammuno	kammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	kammasmiṃ or kammamhi or kamme	kammesu
Vocative (calling)	kamma	kammāni

Derived terms

• okāsakamma
• parikamma
• pātukamma

Descendants

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

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

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

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
present participle		kammande
past participle		kammad

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

Derived terms

• kamma hem
• kamma noll
• kamma ut

Related terms

• kamning

References

• “kamma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “kamma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “kamma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

West Makian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkam.ma/

Noun

kamma

1. hand

   Synonyms: ia, (polite) joujou

References

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