Turkish

Proper noun

Kam

1. A male given name

English

Adjective

kam ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete) crooked, awry
   • 160?, Shakespeare, Coriolanus

     This is clean kam.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kam.

Noun

kam ‎(plural kamme)

1. comb

Albanian

Etymology

Suppletive. The aorist and participle are from Proto-Albanian *pat(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *poti-o-, cognate with Latin potior ‎(“to have a share in, take possession of”).^[1] The other forms are from Proto-Albanian *kapmi, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- ‎(“to seize, to grasp”), cognate with Latin capiō ‎(“take, seize”), and akin to Proto-Germanic *habjaną ‎(“to have, to hold”) (whence English have, German haben ‎(“to have”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌽 ‎(haban, “to have”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kam]

Verb

kam ‎(first-person singular past tense pata, participle pasur)

1. I have

Conjugation

Related terms

• kap

References

1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kam”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 167

Czech

Pronunciation

Adverb

kam

1. where (to what place)

Antonyms

• odkud

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz.

Noun

Kam

kam m ‎(plural kammen, diminutive kammetje n)

1. A comb, utensil to groom hair, fur etc.
2. (anatomy etc.; by analogy) A ridge, erect shape
3. (technical) A cam
4. bridge (e.g. of a violin)

Derived terms

• kamband n
• kamblad n
• kambuisje n, kametui n
• kamdoos
• kamdoublet n
• kamdrager
• kamduiker
• kamduin
• kamhaak
• kamgaren n
• kamgras n
• kamhaak
• kamhout n
• kamkever
• kammeling
• kammen
• kammer m
• kammig (also -kammig in compounds)
• kammug
• kamneus
• kamoester
• kamplaat
• kamrad n
• kamreep
• kamschede
• kamschelp
• kamslager
• kamvaren
• kamsel n
• kamvaren
• kamwiel n
• (comb types by use) haarkam, paardekam, roskam
• stofkam

Verb

kam

1. first-person singular present indicative of kammen
2. imperative of kammen

Anagrams

• mak

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaːm]

Verb

kam

1. first-person singular indicative past of kommen
2. third-person singular indicative past of kommen

Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin quam.

Adverb

kam

1. than, as, to (in comparison)

   Plu multa kam me. — More than me.

   La karno esas plu fresha kam la fisho. — The meat is fresher than the fish.

See also

• tam ‎(“as (in comparison), so (followed by an adj.)”)

Kashubian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Noun

kam m

1. A stone, rock, boulder
2. A shoal, reef (above or below water)

Latvian

Pronoun

kam

1. dative form of kas

Lithuanian

Pronoun

kam m

1. (pejorative) (interrogative) why, for what reason, what's the reason (literally: who for)

   O kam tau to reikia?

   And why do you barely need this?

Synonyms

• (why) kodėl
• (why) dėl ko

Lojban

Rafsi

kam

1. rafsi of ka.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m ‎(definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammer, definite plural kammene)

1. a comb

Derived terms

• kamaksel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kambr

Noun

kam m ‎(definite singular kammen, indefinite plural kammar, definite plural kammane)

1. a comb

Derived terms

• kamaksel

Novial

Preposition

kam

1. than, as

   plu boni kam — better than

   tam boni kam — as good as

   min boni kam — worse than

Related terms

• kom

See also

• tam

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *kamy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâːm/

Noun

kȃm m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ка̑м)

1. (poetic) stone, rock

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Adverb

kam

1. (Kajkavian) where (to), in which direction, whither

Synonyms

• kamo

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr,^[1] cognate with Danish kam^[1] and Dutch kam. That in turn derived from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, whence also Old English camb (English comb), Old High German kamb (German Kamm).^[1] Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos ‎(“tooth (animate)”),^[1] whence also Ancient Greek γόμφος ‎(gómphos, “peg”),^[1]Lithuanian žam̃bas, Old Church Slavonic зѫбъ ‎(zǫbŭ, “tooth”), Russian зуб ‎(zub, “tooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kam/, IPA^(key): [kʰam]

Noun

kam c

1. a comb for grooming hair
2. a comb, a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles
3. a crest, summit of a hill or mountain ridge
4. a crest, ridge of a wave
5. a cam, a part of an engine

Declension

Derived terms

• bergskam (mountain ridge)
• vågkam (wave ridge)

Related terms

• kamma

See also

• kammare

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 Swedish etymological dictionary (article "kam", in Swedish)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English come

Noun

kam

1. come
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:2 (translation here):

     Tudak i karamapim bikpela wara na spirit bilong God i go i kam antap long en.

Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cam/

Pronoun

kam

1. who