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East Central German
Etymology
From Middle High German kūme, from Old High German kūmo, from Proto-Germanic *kūmaz, *kūmijaz (“weak, pitiful, frail”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to call, cry”).
Adverb
kaam
- (Erzgebirgisch) barely, hardly
- (Erzgebirgisch) little
- Synonym: wing
Further reading
- Alte und neue Gedichte und Geschichten in erzgebirgischer Mundart, 12. Heft., P. 36
- Pfarrer Wild'sche und einige andre Gedichte, P. 25
Kwang
Noun
kàām
- water
References
- Takács, Gábor (2007) Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, volume 3, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 201, →ISBN:
- we should carefully distinguish the following Ch. roots from AA *m-ˀ "water" :
- (1) Ch. *h-m "water" : Kwang kàām , Kera kan
- Etudes berbères et chamito-sémitiques: mélanges offerts à Karl-G. Prasse (2000, →ISBN, page 38
Southeastern Tepehuan
Etymology
Cognate with O'odham ka꞉m, Classical Nahuatl camatl (“mouth”), cantli (“cheek”).
Noun
kaam (plural kaakam, third person singular possession kaamaꞌn, plural kaakmaꞌn)
- cheek
Derived terms
References
- R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48) (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 98
West Frisian
Verb
kaam
- first/third-person singular past of komme