different between tam vs kam

English

Etymology 1

Short for tam o'shanter.

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of tam o'shanter, a type of cap.

Etymology 2

From the Cantonese pronunciation of ?

Noun

tam (plural tams)

1. Synonym of picul, a unit of weight, particularly in Cantonese contexts.

Anagrams

• AMT, ATM, MAT, MTA, Mat, Mat., TMA, amt, amt., atm, mat, mat.

Azerbaijani

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (t?mm).

Adverb

tam

1. (of a task to be completed) done; finished; complete

2. completely, really

Etymology 2

From Arabic ?????? (?a?m).

Noun

tam (definite accusative tam?, plural tamlar)

1. taste

   Synonym: dad

Declension

Further reading

• “tam” in Obastan.com.

Chewong

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?m/

Noun

tam

1. water

References

• Howell, S. (1984). Society and cosmos: Chewong of peninsular Malaysia. p. 128.
• Kruspe, N. (2009). Ceq Wong vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmoor, U. (eds.). World Loanword Database.

Crimean Tatar

Adjective

tam

1. teeming, full

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Adverb

tam

1. there (in or at that place or location)
2. there (to or into that place)

Antonyms

• (to or into that place): zp?t, zpátky

Derived terms

• tamní
• tam?jší
• tamtudy

Further reading

• tam in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• tam in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish tam, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh?-.

Adjective

tam

1. tame

Inflection

References

• “tam” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *tam, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Adjective

tam (comparative tammer, superlative tamst)

1. tame, not wild
2. (figuratively) boring, unexciting, bland

Inflection

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tam

Anagrams

• mat

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Adverb

tam

1. as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)

See also

• kam (“than, as, to (in comparison)”)

Kabyle

Etymology

From Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Numeral

tam (feminine tamet)

1. eight

   Synonym: tmanya

Kashubian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronoun

tam

1. there

Lashi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Verb

tam

1. to make something level

References

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid?^[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *téh?m, accusative of *séh?, feminine of *só. Confer with its masculine form Latin tum, as in cum-quam.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t?ä??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tam/, [t??m]

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. so, so much, to such an extent, to such a degree

Usage notes

Often coupled with quam

1. Such that "tam x, quam y" = "so x, as y"

Often "tips off" a subjunctive clause of result.

Derived terms

• tamen
• tamquam
• tandem
• tantus

Related terms

Descendants

• French: tant
• Italian: tanto
• Old Portuguese: tan
• Portuguese: tam, tão
• Spanish: tamaño, tan

References

• tam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[4], London: Macmillan and Co.

Latvian

Pronoun

tam

1. to that; dative singular masculine form of tas

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tam]

Adverb

tam

1. there (in that place)

Further reading

• tam in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• tam in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Adjective

tam

1. Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

tam

1. (Northern, after d or t) Alternative form of þem (“them”)

Northern Kurdish

Etymology 1

From Arabic ?????? (?a?m).

Noun

tam ?

1. taste

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t???m]

Adverb

tam

1. precisely, exactly

Etymology 3

From Old Anatolian Turkish ???? (d?am).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t??m]

Noun

tam ?

1. house, building, structure

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

• temme

References

• “tam” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tamr

Adjective

tam (neuter singular tamt, definite singular and plural tamme)

1. tame, domesticated

Related terms

• temja, temje

References

• “tam” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• tom

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tamaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?m/

Adjective

tam

1. tame

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: tame, tam
  • English: tame
  • Scots: tame

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tam/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronoun

tam

1. there

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tam f

1. genitive plural of tama

Further reading

• tam in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• tam in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Adverb

tam (not comparable)

1. Obsolete spelling of tão

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) there

Synonyms

• tamo

Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tam/

Adverb

tam

1. there
2. thither

Synonyms

• (thither): ta

Antonyms

• (there): tu
• (thither): sem

References

• tam in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tám/

Adverb

t?m

1. there, in that place

Further reading

• “tam”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tamber, from Old Norse tamr, from Proto-Germanic *tamaz, from Proto-Indo-European *demh?-.

Adjective

tam (comparative tamare, superlative tamast)

1. tame (not wild), domesticated

Declension

Related terms

• tämja

Anagrams

• mat, mat.

Tatar

Noun

tam

1. wall

Turkish

Adjective

tam (comparative daha tam, superlative en tam)

1. complete, absolute

Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *tamo.

Adverb

tam

1. there

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ta?m??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ta?m??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ta?m??]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“three”).

Numeral

tam

1. (Sino-Vietnamese) three
2. third; thirdly

See also

• (native) ba

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *k-sa?m. Cognate with Thavung sa?m¹, Kuy s??m, Khmu [Cuang] h??m.

The term was probably already archaic by the time it started to be written down and was only attested in the compound ????? (anh tam, “elder brother and younger sibling”).

Numeral

tam • (?)

1. (obsolete) younger sibling

Zazaki

Noun

tam n

1. taste

Derived terms

• bêtam
• tamey
• tamin
• tamkar
• tam kerden
• tamser
• tam kerd??

English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kambos; compare jamb and Scottish Gaelic, Welsh and Irish cam.

Adjective

kam (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) crooked, awry

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Chinese kam.

Adjective

kam (comparative more kam, superlative most kam)

1. (colloquial, in reference to a person) weird
2. (colloquial) awkward

Anagrams

• AMK, KMA, Mak, ma'k, mak

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kam.

Noun

kam (plural kamme)

1. comb

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?m]

Noun

kam (Kana spelling ??)

1. 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)

1. I have
2. (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

1. sun

References

• “kam” in The Manchester Romani Project, Angloromani Dictionary.

Chinese

Etymology

Romanisation of ? or ?.

Pronunciation

Adjective

kam (Cantonese)

1. (colloquial, in reference to a person) weird
2. (colloquial) awkward

Descendants

• ? English: kam

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech kamo, from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/

Adverb

kam

1. 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)

1. comb
2. crest (of an animal)
3. loin, back (of a butchered animal)
4. 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)

1. A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc.
2. (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape
3. (technical) A cam
4. 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

1. first-person singular present indicative of kammen
2. imperative of kammen

Anagrams

• mak

Garo

Etymology

Borrowed from Assamese ??? (kam).

Noun

kam

1. work

Derived terms

• kam ka·a

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?m]

Verb

kam

1. 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

1. than, as, to (in comparison)

See also

• tam

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Noun

kam m gen. kamienia

1. A stone, rock, boulder
2. A shoal, reef (above or below water)

Latvian

Pronoun

kam

1. dative form of kas

Lithuanian

Pronoun

kam m

1. (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?

Synonyms

• (why) kod?l
• (why) d?l ko

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian ??? (kam).

Noun

kam ?

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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 ??)

1. less
2. 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 ????)

1. (poetic) stone, rock

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Adverb

kam (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (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

1. a comb for grooming hair
2. a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
3. a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
4. a crest, ridge of a wave
5. 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

1. come

Yogad

Pronoun

kam

1. you (plural)

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• kom

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cam/

Pronoun

kam

1. who