English

Noun

Kami pl ‎(plural only)

1. An ethnic and linguistic group in Morogoro Region, Tanzania.

Proper noun

Kami

1. A Bantu language of Tanzania.
2. A Niger-Congo language of Nigeria.

Anagrams

• maki

English

Noun

kami ‎(plural kami)

1. An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
2. A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

Translations

Anagrams

• maki

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kami, from Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kami/

Pronoun

kami

1. we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   "Kami sudah pergi ke pasar": "We have been to the market"

2. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   Ibu: "Kamu sekalian sudah di mandi?" Mother: "Have you all bathed yet?"

   Anak-anak: "Kami?" Children: "Us?"

3. our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those I am addressing

   "Adalah cicak besar di dinding kamar hotel kami: tolong bantu di ambil ": "There is a big gecko in our hotel room: please help have it removed."

4. ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

   "Hak Milik tanah bangsa Indonesia hanya untuk kami sekalian": "It is only we [Indonesians] who have the right to own this Indonesian land"

Related terms

• kita

Japanese

Romanization

kami

1. rōmaji reading of かみ

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kami/
• Rhymes: -ami, -mi, -i

Pronoun

kami

1. we, us, our (exclusive)
2. I, me, my

Related terms

• kita ‎(“inclusive”)

See also

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kamy, preserving the reflex of word-final */y/, which was lost in standard words kȃm and kȁmēn.

Noun

kami m ‎(Cyrillic spelling ками)

1. (regional, obsolete) stone

References

• Skok, Petar (1972) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 26

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɪ/ or IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ/ (colloquial)

Pronoun

kami

1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Nagtatrabaho kami sa isang kumpanya. Ikaw?

   We work at a company. You?

Related terms

See also

• tayo