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Arabic
Etymology 1
كَ (ka, “like”) + مَا (mā, “that”). Cognate with Ge'ez ክመ (kəmä), Hebrew כמו.
Conjunction
كَمَا • (kamā)
- like, as
609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:59:وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا ٱسْتَأْذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ- wa-ʔiḏā balaḡa l-ʔaṭfālu minkumu l-ḥuluma falyastaʔḏinū kamā staʔḏana llaḏīna min qablihim
- And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission as those before them have asked.
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Etymology 2
Pronoun
ـكُمَا • (-kumā) m du or f du
- you, your (masculine or feminine dual bound object pronoun)