kamkam

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Verb

kamkam

  1. to grab with the hand

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: kam‧kam
  • IPA(key): /ˈkamkam/

Verb

kámkam

  1. (especially food) to touch with the fingers
  2. to embezzle

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamkam.

Pronunciation

Noun

kamkám (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜃᜋ᜔)

  1. usurpation; appropriating of something as one's own

Derived terms

Further reading

  • kamkam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018