kamma (Latin spelling)
kamma
Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (kárman), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (“to do, make”). Cognate with Maharastri Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma), Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma).
kamma n
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | kammaṃ | kammāni or kammā |
| Accusative (second) | kammaṃ | kammāni |
| Instrumental (third) | kammena or kammā or kammunā or kammanā | kammehi or kammebhi |
| Dative (fourth) | kammassa or kammāya or kammatthaṃ or kammuno | kammānaṃ |
| Ablative (fifth) | kammasmā or kammamhā or kammā or kammunā or kammanā | kammehi or kammebhi |
| Genitive (sixth) | kammassa or kammuno | kammānaṃ |
| Locative (seventh) | kammasmiṃ or kammamhi or kamme | kammesu |
| Vocative (calling) | kamma | kammāni |
From Old Swedish kamba, replaced older umlauted form kæmba under influence by the noun kamber (“comb”), from Old Norse kemba, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną. Compare Danish kæmme, Norwegian kjemme, Icelandic kemba.
kamma (present kammar, preterite kammade, supine kammat, imperative kamma)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kamma | kammas | ||
| Supine | kammat | kammats | ||
| Imperative | kamma | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | kammen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kammar | kammade | kammas | kammades |
| Ind. plural1 | kamma | kammade | kammas | kammades |
| Subjunctive2 | kamme | kammade | kammes | kammades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | kammande | |||
| Past participle | kammad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Compare kamuma (“finger”). Perhaps also related to East Makian kamo (“hand”).
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