kamu
Finnish
Etymology
Clipping of kamraati + -u
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑmu/, [ˈkɑ̝mu]
- Rhymes: -ɑmu
- Syllabification(key): ka‧mu
- Hyphenation(key): ka‧mu
Noun
kamu (colloquial)
- a pal
Declension
| Inflection of kamu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | kamu | kamut | |
| genitive | kamun | kamujen | |
| partitive | kamua | kamuja | |
| illative | kamuun | kamuihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kamu | kamut | |
| accusative | nom. | kamu | kamut |
| gen. | kamun | ||
| genitive | kamun | kamujen | |
| partitive | kamua | kamuja | |
| inessive | kamussa | kamuissa | |
| elative | kamusta | kamuista | |
| illative | kamuun | kamuihin | |
| adessive | kamulla | kamuilla | |
| ablative | kamulta | kamuilta | |
| allative | kamulle | kamuille | |
| essive | kamuna | kamuina | |
| translative | kamuksi | kamuiksi | |
| abessive | kamutta | kamuitta | |
| instructive | — | kamuin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “kamu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkɒmu]
- Hyphenation: ka‧mu
- Rhymes: -mu
Noun
kamu
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kamu | kamuk |
| accusative | kamut | kamukat |
| dative | kamunak | kamuknak |
| instrumental | kamuval | kamukkal |
| causal-final | kamuért | kamukért |
| translative | kamuvá | kamukká |
| terminative | kamuig | kamukig |
| essive-formal | kamuként | kamukként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | kamuban | kamukban |
| superessive | kamun | kamukon |
| adessive | kamunál | kamuknál |
| illative | kamuba | kamukba |
| sublative | kamura | kamukra |
| allative | kamuhoz | kamukhoz |
| elative | kamuból | kamukból |
| delative | kamuról | kamukról |
| ablative | kamutól | kamuktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
kamué | kamuké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
kamuéi | kamukéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | kamum | kamuim |
| 2nd person sing. | kamud | kamuid |
| 3rd person sing. | kamuja | kamui |
| 1st person plural | kamunk | kamuink |
| 2nd person plural | kamutok | kamuitok |
| 3rd person plural | kamujuk | kamuik |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)
Indonesian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Malay kamu, from Proto-Malayic *kamu(ʔ) (“you, your (plural)”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈkamu/ [ˈka.mu]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -amu
- Syllabification: ka‧mu
Pronoun
kamu
- (casual or informal, usually singular) second person pronoun: you, your
- Kamu mau baju ini?
- You want this shirt?
- Dia mau berteman dengan kamu.
- He wants to be friends with you.
- Pena kamu ada di laci ini.
- Your pen is in this drawer.
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person exclusive | regular | aku, saya1 |
kami |
| enclitic | -ku | - | |
| proclitic | ku- | - | |
| 1st person inclusive | - | kita | |
| 2nd person | regular | kamu, Anda2, kau3 |
kalian, Anda2, Anda sekalian2, Anda semua2 |
| enclitic | -mu | - | |
| 3rd person | regular | dia, beliau4, ia3 |
mereka |
| enclitic | -nya | - | |
| reflexive | diri5, diri sendiri | ||
| emphatic | sendiri | ||
2 Formal.
3 Now mostly literary.
4 Respectful.
5 Sometimes used as an emphatic marker instead of being reflexive.
- This table only shows personal pronouns that are commonly used in the standard language.
- The second person pronouns are often replaced by kinship terms, titles, or the like.
- The enclitics are only used obliquely (object or possessor), while the proclitic is only used as a subject.
Further reading
- “kamu” 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.
Japanese
Romanization
kamu
Kapampangan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu. Compare Indonesian kamu, Indonesian kamu
Pronoun
kamu
Usage notes
- The word kamu usually replaces ikamu when in the middle of a sentence.
Derived terms
- ika-ikamu
- ikakamu
- ikamu-kamu
See also
| absolute | ergative | oblique | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| disjunctive | enclitic | ||||
| first person |
singular | aku/i aku/yaku | ku | kanaku | |
| plural inclusive | ikatamu | katamu/tamu | tamu/ta | kekatamu | |
| plural exclusive | ikami, ike | kami/ke | mi | kekami/keke | |
| second person |
singular | ika | ka | mu | keka |
| plural | ikayu/iko | kayu/ko | yu | kekayu/keko | |
| third person |
singular | iya/ya | ya | na | keya/kaya |
| plural | ila | la | da/ra | karela | |
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kamu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.
First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay [script needed] (kamu).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamu/
Audio (Malaysia): (file) - Rhymes: -amu
Pronoun
kamu (Jawi spelling کامو)
Derived terms
See also
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | standard |
saya / ساي |
kami / کامي (exclusive) |
| royal | |||
| 2nd person | standard | ||
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engkau / اڠکاو, kau- / كاوـ (informal/poetic/towards God) |
anda semua / اندا سموا (formal) | ||
| royal |
tuanku / توانكو | ||
| 3rd person | standard |
dia / دي |
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| royal |
baginda / بݢيندا | ||
Further reading
- “kamu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mansaka
Etymology
Pronoun
kamu
- you (singular)
Maori
Noun
kamu
- Hawai'i birdcatching sedge (Carex uncinata)
- Synonym: matau a Māui
Hypernyms
Further reading
- “kamu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Musi
Alternative forms
- kamo' (Palembang)
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *kamu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.
Pronoun
kamu
Pipil
Etymology
Compare Classical Nahuatl camohtli (“sweet potato”).
Noun
kamu (plural kajkamu)
Further reading
- Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
- Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.
Sakizaya
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ˈmu/, [ka.ˈmu]
Pronoun
kamu
- (inclusive, in the plural) you
Sasak
Etymology
from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.
Pronoun
kamu
Shona
Etymology
Noun
kámu class 9 (plural kámu class 10)
Tagabawa
Noun
kamù
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu.
Pronoun
kamu
Turkish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قمو (qamu), خمو (hamu), from Proto-Turkic *kamug. Was already obsolete in the Istanbul dialect by the 17th Century, but was reintroduced during the language reforms as a Turkic equivalent of Arabic umum. Doublet of hamı and hamu. Compare Azerbaijani hamı.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkamu/
- Hyphenation: ka‧mu
Adjective
kamu (not comparable)
Noun
kamu (definite accusative kamuyu, plural kamular)
- public [from 1940s]
- Synonym: (archaic) amme
- people
- Synonym: halk
- (collective) all organs of government doing public service
Declension
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Derived terms
- kamu davası
- kamu denetçisi
- kamu diplomasisi
- kamu düzeni
- kamulaştırma
- kamuoyu
- kamusal
- kamutay
References
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kamu”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading
- “kamu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu