kami

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

kami (plural kamis or 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.

Two sheets of kami for origami, and a traditional origami crane.

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

kami (plural kami)

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

• Mika, maki

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we (exclusive)

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

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

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

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

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/, [kaˈmi]
• Hyphenation: ka‧mi

kamí (Basahan spelling ᜃᜋᜒ)

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Nagtatrabaho kami sa sarong kompanya. Ika?

   We work at a company. You?

• Hyphenation: ka‧mi
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/, [kʌˈmi]

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kamí (Badlit spelling ᜃᜋᜒ)

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

Borrowed from Giangan kami.

kamí (Badlit spelling ᜃᜋᜒ)

1. (Davao) Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni)

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kami m (plural kami)

1. kami (spirit)

• “kami”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• Hyphenation: ka‧mi
• IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/, [kaˈmi]

kamí

1. we (exclusive)

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

• IPA^(key): /ka.mi/

kami

1. we (exclusive)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkä.mi/

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kami

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

   Kami sudah pergi ke pasar. ― We have been to the market.

   • 1966, National Pledge of Singapore

     Kami, warganegara Singapura,
     sebagai rakyat yang bersatu padu,
     tidak kira apa bangsa, bahasa, atau ugama […]

     We, the citizens of Singapore,
     pledge ourselves as one united people,
     regardless of race, language or religion […]

2. we: the speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
3. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   Dia memberikan kami makanan. ― He gave us food.

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

   Bolehkah kamu taruh buku kami di perpustakaan?. ― . Can you put our books in the library?

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

   Hak Milik tanah bangsa Indonesia hanya untuk kami sekalian. ― It is only we [Indonesians] who have the right to own this Indonesian land.

Indonesian first-person pronouns:

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

• kita

• “kami” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

kami

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

kami

1. Rōmaji transcription of かみ

kami

1. Romanization of ꦏꦩꦶ.

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

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

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kami (Jawi spelling کامي)

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

• kita orang (nonstandard)

• kita (inclusive of the person spoken to)

• Indonesian: kami

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

kami

1. we (exclusive)

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

kami

1. we (exclusive)

• IPA^(key): /kami/

kami

1. we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those I am addressing
2. we: the speaker/writer alone. (This use of we is the editorial we, used by writers and others, including royalty—the royal we—as a less personal substitute for I. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
3. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing
4. our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those I am addressing
5. ours

• kitéq

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

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈmi/, [ka.ˈmi]

kami

1. we (exclusive)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamy, preserving the reflex of word-final */y/, which was lost in standard words kȃm and kȁmēn.

kami m (Cyrillic spelling ками)

1. (regional, obsolete) stone

• Skok, Petar (1972) “kami”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 2 (K – poni¹), Zagreb: JAZU, page 26

• cami — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• kmi — Internet and text messaging slang

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈmi/ [kɐˈmi], (colloquial) /kaˈme/ [kɐˈmɛ]

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• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: ka‧mi

kamí (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜒ)

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Nagtatrabaho kami sa isang kumpanya. Ikaw?

   We work at a company. You?

• “kami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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

kamí

1. we (exclusive)

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

kamí

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

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

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)