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Verb
kamkam
- to grab with the hand
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kam‧kam
- IPA(key): /ˈkamkam/
Verb
kámkam
- (especially food) to touch with the fingers
- to embezzle
Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamkam.
Pronunciation
Noun
kamkám (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋ᜔ᜃᜋ᜔)
- usurpation; appropriating of something as one's own
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kamkam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018