kamma

See also: Kamma and kåmmå

Ladino

Etymology

From Hebrew כַּמָּה (káma).

Adverb

kamma (Latin spelling)

  1. how much, how many

Synonyms
  • kuanto

Northern Paiute

Verb

kamma

  1. taste

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 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 \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)kammaṃkammāni or kammā
Accusative (second)kammaṃkammāni
Instrumental (third)kammena or kammā or kammunā or kammanākammehi or kammebhi
Dative (fourth)kammassa or kammāya or kammatthaṃ or kammunokammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)kammasmā or kammamhā or kammā or kammunā or kammanākammehi or kammebhi
Genitive (sixth)kammassa or kammunokammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)kammasmiṃ or kammamhi or kammekammesu
Vocative (calling)kammakammāni

Derived terms

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
Participles
Present participle kammande
Past participle kammad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms
  • kamning

References

West Makian

Etymology

Compare kamuma (“finger”). Perhaps also related to East Makian 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, Pacific linguistics
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