ܟܡܐ

From Aramaic כְּמָּא (kmā); cognate to Arabic كَم (kam) and Hebrew כַּמָּה (káma)

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [kə.mɑː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kəmaː], [ʔukma]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃə.maː]

ܟܡܵܐ • (kmā)

1. (interrogative) how much, how many

   ܟܡܵܐ' ܐܲܚ̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܘܚܵܬ݂̈ܘܵܬ݂ܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܠܘܼܟ݂؟

   kmā' aḥwāṯā w-ḥāṯwāṯā īṯ lōḵ?

   How many brothers and sisters do you have?

   ܟܡܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܐܵܟ݂ܠܹܬ ܒܝܵܘܡܵܐ؟

   kmā kē āḵlēt b-yāwmā?

   How much do you eat in a day?

2. (countable referents) several, a few, some; (uncountable referents) some

   ܗܵܠܹܝܢ ܟܡܵܐ ܫܸܢܹ̈ܐ. ― hālēn kmā šinnē. ― These few years.

   ܡ̣ܢ ܟܡܵܐ ܥܸܕܵܢܵܐ ܠܵܐ ܝܘܲܚ ܚܸܙܝܹ̈ܐ ܐܸܚܕ݂ܵܕ݂ܹܐ.

   min kmā ˁiddānā lā ìwaḥ ḥizyē iḥḏāḏē.

   long time no see

   (literally, “From some time we haven’t seen each other.”)

ܟܡܵܐ • (kmā)

1. (before adjectives) how, so

   ܟܡܵܐ ܪܲܒܵܐ ܝܠܹܗ ― kmā rabbā ìlēh ― How big is he!

   ܟܡܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ! ― kmā ṭāḇā! ― How good!

• ܚܲܕ݇ܟܡܵܐ (ḥakmā, “some”)
• ܚܕ݂ܵܐ ܠܲܟ݂ܡܵܐ (ḥḏā laḵmā, “from time to time”)
• ܟܡܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ (amount, quantity)

• ܡܵܩܵܐ (māqā)

Variant of ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (pūmā).

• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [kɪmma]

ܟܸܡܵܐ • (kimmā) m (plural ܟܸܡܵܡܹ̈ܐ (kimmāmē))

1. mouth
2. opening

From Aramaic אוכמא (ʾukkāmā).

• IPA^(key): /komo/

ܟܳܡܳܐ • (komo)

1. black

   Antonym: ܚܶܘܳܪܳܐ (ḥeworo)

From Aramaic כמא (kmā)

• IPA^(key): /kmo/

ܟܡܳܐ • (kmo)

1. how much, how many

   Synonym: ܡܷܩܩܰܐ (mëqqa)

   ܟܡܳܐ ܚܰܒܘܫܶܐ ܟܷܬ ܠܘܟ݂؟ ― kmo ḥabuše kët lux? ― how many apples do you have?

   ܟܡܳܐ ܐܰܚܘܢܳܢܶܐ ܗܰܬܘ؟ ― kmo aḥunone hatu? ― how many brothers are you?