different between kami vs kaji

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese ? (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).

Noun

kami (plural kami)

1. (religion, Shinto) An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
2. (philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Japanese ? (kami, “paper”).

Noun

kami (plural kami)

1. (papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

Translations

Anagrams

• Mika, maki

Alangan

Pronoun

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Amis

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.Compare Malay kami (“we”).

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

See also

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?mi/

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?mi

Etymology 1

Compare kami.

Pronoun

kami

1. we; us (1st person plural exclusive absolutive form)

Etymology 2

From Giangan kami.

Noun

kami

1. Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kami, from Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kami/

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those I am addressing

2. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing

3. our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those I am addressing

4. ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

Synonyms

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

• aye, ogut, gue, gua (Jakarta)
• aku (informal)
• daku (poetic)
• saya (formal)
• hamba
• kami (euphemism)

Related terms

• kita

Inonhan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronoun

kami

1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Japanese

Romanization

kami

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kami/
• Rhymes: -ami, -mi, -i

Pronoun

kami (Jawi spelling ?????)

1. we, us, our (exclusive of the person spoken to)
2. I, me, my

Related terms

• kita (inclusive of the person spoken to)

Descendants

• Indonesian: kami

See also

Ratagnon

Pronoun

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Sakizaya

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy, preserving the reflex of word-final */y/, which was lost in standard words k?m and k?m?n.

Noun

kami m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (regional, obsolete) stone

References

• Skok, Petar (1972) Etimologijski rje?nik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 26

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?m?/ or IPA^(key): /ka?m?/ (colloquial)

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Related terms

See also

• tayo

Yogad

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

English

Alternative forms

• qaji

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ???? (ka?i).

Noun

kaji (plural kajis)

1. (Georgian mythology) an ugly anthropomorphic spirit

Translations

See also

• kaj

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?kaj?]

Verb

kaji

1. first-person singular present indicative of kát

Ido

Noun

kaji

1. plural of kajo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kaji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kad??i/
• Hyphenation: ka?ji

Noun

kaji (first-person possessive kajiku, second-person possessive kajimu, third-person possessive kajinya)

1. lesson, study
2. investigation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “kaji” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

kaji

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Ladino

Etymology

From Latin quasi. Compare Spanish casi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?i/

Adverb

kaji

1. almost

Malay

Alternative forms

• ?????

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kad??i/
• Rhymes: -ad??i, -d??i, -i
• Hyphenation: ka?ji

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

kaji (Jawi spelling ?????, plural kaji-kaji, informal 1st possessive kajiku, impolite 2nd possessive kajimu, 3rd possessive kajinya)

1. lesson, study
2. branch of study
3. investigation

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

kaji (Jawi spelling ????)

1. Plectorhynchus spp.

Further reading

• “kaji” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Yosondúa Mixtec

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

kaji

1. clearly

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mixtec *káxí?.

Verb

kaji

1. (transitive, intransitive) eat

Derived terms

References

• Beaty de Farris, Kathryn; et al. (2012) Diccionario básico del mixteco de Yosondúa, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 46)?^[1] (in Spanish), third edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 23