окам

Bulgarian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, from the onomatopoeia о-о-о (o-o-o) + -кам (-kam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔkɐm]

Verb

о́кам • (ókam) first-singular present indicative, impf (perfective о́кна) (dialectal, Western dialects)

  1. (intransitive) to scream, to shout, to yell
    Synonyms: (standard) ви́кам (víkam), крещя́ (kreštjá)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • о́квам (ókvam) (semelfactive)
  • заокам pf (zaokam), заоквам impf (zaokvam)
  • изокам pf (izokam), изоквам impf (izokvam)
  • ва́кам (vákam, to call names) (dialectal)
  • хо́кам (hókam, to rebuke)
  • у́кам (úkam, to boo)

References

  • окам”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “окам, окна”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 829
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