kamusi

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Finnish

Noun

kamusi

  1. inflection of kamu:
    1. second-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
    2. second-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural

Anagrams

Old Tupi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kã.muˈsi/
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mu‧si

Noun

kamusi (possessable)

  1. jug (container for liquids)
  2. vase (upright open container)
  3. (broadly) any vessel or container
  4. (broadly) dish; dishware
    Synonym: nha'ẽ
  5. tile (regularly-shaped slab of clay)
  6. urn (vessel for the remains of a deceased person)
  7. (by extension) cave where those urns were placed

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: kamutí
  • → Portuguese: camucim

References

Swahili

kamusi
Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑˈmu.si/
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

kamusi (n class, plural kamusi)

  1. dictionary (publication that explains the meanings of an ordered list of words)

Further reading

  • kamusi in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press
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