kamm
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Cornish
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos. Cognate with Welsh cam and Irish cam
Adjective
kamm
Etymology 2
From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman. Cognate with Welsh cam
Noun
kamm m (plural kammow)
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German kam, from Old Saxon kamb, from Proto-West Germanic *kamb, from Proto-Germanic *kambaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth”). Doublet of hammas.
Pronunciation
Noun
kamm (genitive kammi, partitive kammi)
Declension
| Declension of kamm (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | kamm | kammid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | kammi | ||
| genitive | kammide | ||
| partitive | kammi | kamme kammisid | |
| illative | kammi kammisse |
kammidesse kammesse | |
| inessive | kammis | kammides kammes | |
| elative | kammist | kammidest kammest | |
| allative | kammile | kammidele kammele | |
| adessive | kammil | kammidel kammel | |
| ablative | kammilt | kammidelt kammelt | |
| translative | kammiks | kammideks kammeks | |
| terminative | kammini | kammideni | |
| essive | kammina | kammidena | |
| abessive | kammita | kammideta | |
| comitative | kammiga | kammidega | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kamm”, in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
- “kamm”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
- “kamm”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
- kamm in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)