kamu

Clipping of kamraati +‎ -u

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmu/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmu
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧mu
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧mu

kamu (colloquial)

1. a pal

• “kamu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja ‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• maku, muka

Shortened from kamuflázs.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ka‧mu
• Rhymes: -mu

kamu

1. (slang) bullshit (a colloquial way of calling out a lie)

   Synonyms: álca, becsapás, hazugság

• kamoe (1901–1947)

From Malay kamu, from Proto-Malayic *kamu(ʔ) (“you, your (plural)”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkamu/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -amu
• Syllabification: ka‧mu

kamu

1. (casual or informal, usually singular) second person pronoun: you, your

   Kamu mau baju ini?

   You want this shirt?

   Dia mau berteman dengan kamu.

   He wants to be friends with you.

   Pena kamu ada di laci ini.

   Your pen is in this drawer.

• -mu

• “kamu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

kamu

1. Rōmaji transcription of かむ
2. Rōmaji transcription of カム

From Proto-Malayic *kamu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.

First attested in the Telaga Batu inscription, 683 CE, as Old Malay (kamu).

• IPA^(key): /kamu/

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -amu

kamu (Jawi spelling کامو)

1. you (singular, familiar)

   Synonyms: anda, awak, dikau, engkau, kau, tuanku

2. you (plural), you all, y'all

   Synonym: kalian

• mu / mu- / -mu

• “kamu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

kamu

1. you (singular)

kamu

1. Hawai'i birdcatching sedge (Carex uncinata)

   Synonym: matau a Māui

• matau

• “kamu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

• kamo' (Palembang)

From Proto-Malayic *kamu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.

kamu

1. (Palembang) you (plural), you all, y'all
2. (Palembang) your (belonging to you all)

Compare Classical Nahuatl camohtli (“sweet potato”).

kamu (plural kajkamu)

1. manioc

• Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
• Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Proto-Austronesian *kamu.

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈmu/,

kamu

1. (inclusive, in the plural) you

from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu, from Proto-Austronesian *(i-)kamu, *kamiu.

kamu

1. Second person pronoun: you, your

From Afrikaans kam.

kámu class 9 (plural kámu class 10)

1. comb

kamù

1. wound; injury

From Proto-Philippine *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu.

kamu

1. you

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish قمو (qamu), خمو (hamu), from Proto-Turkic *kamug. Was already obsolete in the Istanbul dialect by the 17th Century, but was reintroduced during the language reforms as a Turkic equivalent of Arabic umum. Doublet of hamı and hamu. Compare Azerbaijani hamı.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkamu/
• Hyphenation: ka‧mu

kamu (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) whole, solely

kamu (definite accusative kamuyu, plural kamular)

1. public

   Synonym: (archaic) amme

2. people

   Synonym: halk

3. (collective) all organs of government doing public service

• “kamu”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu