different between kam vs kab
kam
English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *kambos; compare jamb and Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish cam.
Adjective
kam (not comparable)
- (obsolete) crooked, awry
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Chinese kam.
Adjective
kam (comparative more kam, superlative most kam)
- (colloquial, in reference to a person) weird
- (colloquial) awkward
Anagrams
- AMK, KMA, Mak, ma'k, mak
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch kam.
Noun
kam (plural kamme)
- comb
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ka?m]
Noun
kam (Kana spelling ??)
- flesh, meat
Albanian
Etymology
Suppletive. The aorist and participle are from Proto-Albanian *pat(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *poti-o-, cognate with Latin potior (“to have a share in, take possession of”). The other forms are from Proto-Albanian *kapmi, from Proto-Indo-European *keh?p- (“to seize, to grasp”), cognate with Latin capi? (“take, seize”), and akin to Proto-Germanic *habjan? (“to have, to hold”) (whence English have, German haben (“to have”), Gothic ???????????????????? (haban, “to have”)). Cf. also Romanian am (“I have”), first-person singular indicative form of avea.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kam]
Verb
kam (first-person singular past tense pata, participle pasur)
- I have
- (impersonal, third person) There is
Conjugation
- active voice
Related terms
- kap
References
Angloromani
Alternative forms
- kan, tam
Etymology
From Romani kham, from Sanskrit ???? (gharmá, “hot weather, sunshine”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?k?æm], [?cæm]
Noun
kam
- sun
References
- “kam” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.
Chinese
Etymology
Romanisation of ? or ?.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kam (Cantonese)
- (colloquial, in reference to a person) weird
- (colloquial) awkward
Descendants
- ? English: kam
Czech
Etymology
From Old Czech kamo, from Proto-Slavic *kamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam/
Adverb
kam
- where, whither (to what place)
Antonyms
- odkud
Further reading
- kam in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- kam in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse kambr, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, Norwegian, Swedish kam, English comb, German Kamm. The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *?ómb?os (“tooth, peg”), which is also the source of Sanskrit: ????? (jámbha?, “tooth”), Ancient Greek ?????? (gómphos, “peg”), Polish z?b (“tooth”).
Noun
kam c (singular definite kammen, plural indefinite kamme)
- comb
- crest (of an animal)
- loin, back (of a butchered animal)
- ridge (of a mountain)
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “kam” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch kamp, from Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
kam m (plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)
- A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc.
- (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape
- (technical) A cam
- bridge (e.g. of a violin)
Derived terms
- kamband n
- kamblad n
- kambuisje n, kametui n
- kamdoos
- kamdoublet n
- kamdrager
- kamduiker
- kamduin
- kamhaak
- kamgaren n
- kamgras n
- kamhaak
- kamhout n
- kamkever
- kammeling
- kammen
- kammer m
- kammig (also -kammig in compounds)
- kammug
- kamneus
- kamoester
- kamplaat
- kamrad n
- kamreep
- kamschede
- kamschelp
- kamslager
- kamvaren
- kamsel n
- kamvaren
- kamwiel n
- (comb types by use) haarkam, paardekam, roskam
- stofkam
Verb
kam
- first-person singular present indicative of kammen
- imperative of kammen
Anagrams
- mak
Garo
Etymology
Borrowed from Assamese ??? (kam).
Noun
kam
- work
Derived terms
- kam ka·a
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ka?m]
Verb
kam
- first/third-person singular indicative past of kommen
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quam. The initial qu was changed to k so not to cause confusion the word with quan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam/
Adverb
kam
- than, as, to (in comparison)
See also
- tam
Kashubian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Noun
kam m gen. kamienia
- A stone, rock, boulder
- A shoal, reef (above or below water)
Latvian
Pronoun
kam
- dative form of kas
Lithuanian
Pronoun
kam m
- (pejorative) (interrogative) why, for what reason, what's the reason (literally: who for)
- O kam tau to reikia?
- And why do you barely need this?
- O kam tau to reikia?
Synonyms
- (why) kod?l
- (why) d?l ko
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
From Armenian ??? (kam).
Noun
kam ?
- threshing sledge, threshing board
- Synonyms: cencer, patoz
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse kambr
Noun
kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammer, definite plural kammene)
- a comb
Derived terms
- fjellkam
- kamaksel
- åskam
References
- “kam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse kambr. Akin to English comb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?/
Noun
kam m (definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammar, definite plural kammane)
- a comb
Derived terms
- fjellkam
- kamaksel
- åskam
References
- “kam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Phalura
Etymology
From Urdu ??? (kam), from Persian ??? (kam).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam/
Adjective
kam (invariable, Perso-Arabic spelling ??)
- less
- inferior
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)?[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, ?ISBN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *kamy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâ?m/
Noun
k?m m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (poetic) stone, rock
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Slavic *kamo.
Adverb
kam (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- (Kajkavian) where (to), in which direction, whither
Synonyms
- kamo
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr, cognate with Danish kam and Dutch kam.
That in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?ómb?os (“tooth (animate)”), whence also Ancient Greek ?????? (gómphos, “peg”), Lithuanian žam?bas, Old Church Slavonic ???? (z?b?, “tooth”), Russian ??? (zub, “tooth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam/, IPA(key): [k?am]
Noun
kam c
- a comb for grooming hair
- a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
- a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
- a crest, ridge of a wave
- a cam, a part of an engine
Declension
Derived terms
- bergskam (mountain ridge)
- vågkam (wave ridge)
Related terms
- kamma
References
Anagrams
- mak
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English come
Noun
kam
- come
Yogad
Pronoun
kam
- you (plural)
Zazaki
Alternative forms
- kom
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /cam/
Pronoun
kam
- who
kam From the web:
- what kam mean
- what kami
- what kamen rider are you
- what kam stands for
- what kamado grill should i buy
- what kamen rider should i watch
- what kami means
- what kamado joe do i have
kab
English
Etymology
From Hebrew ??? (káv)
Noun
kab (plural kabs)
- (historical units of measure) Alternative form of cab: a former Hebrew unit of volume.
Anagrams
- BAK, BKA, Bak, bak
Haitian Creole
Etymology
Contraction of kapab, from French capable (“capable”).
Verb
kab
- (auxiliary) can, be able to
Synonyms
- ka
- kapab
Mapudungun
Noun
kab (using Raguileo Alphabet)
- (anatomy) hair
- wool
See also
- kab logko
References
- Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.
Somali
Noun
káb f (plural kabo m)
- shoe
kab From the web:
- what kabuki means
- what kaboom means
- what kabuto showed to madara
- what kabuki brush is used for
- what kabutar eat
- what kabihasnan
- what kabutar
- what kabir singh teaches us