karam
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay karam, Proto-Austronesian *kaɣəm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.ram/
- Rhymes: -ram, -am, -m
- Hyphenation: ka‧ram
Verb
karam (plural karam-karam, first-person possessive karamku, second-person possessive karammu, third-person possessive karamnya)
- to be wrecked at sea
Derived terms
- mengaram
- mengaramkan
Further reading
- “karam” 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.
Latvian
Turkish
Usage notes
- When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: karam. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, karam, means "I am [a(n)/the] land.")
Uzbek
Etymology
From Persian کرم (karam), from Ancient Greek κράμβη (krámbē, “cabbage”).
Yami
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