kaam

See also: kääm

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (weak, pitiful, frail), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (to call, cry).

Adverb

kaam

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) barely, hardly
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) little
    Synonym: wing

Further reading

  • Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 36
  • Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 25

Kwang

Noun

kàām

  1. water

References

  • Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
    [] we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" [GT]:
    (1) Ch. *h-m "water" [GT]: [] Kwang kàām [Jng.], Kera kan [Ebert] []
  • Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with O'odham ka꞉m, Classical Nahuatl camatl (mouth), cantli (cheek).

Noun

kaam (plural kaakam, third person singular possession kaamaꞌn, plural kaakmaꞌn)

  1. cheek

Derived terms

  • kaamtaꞌ

References

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48) (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 98

West Frisian

Verb

kaam

  1. first/third-person singular past of komme
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