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Translingual
Symbol
kom
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Komi.
Abinomn
Noun
kom
- canoe; boat
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch komen.
Verb
kom (present kom, present participle komende, past participle gekom)
- come
Etymology 2
From Dutch kom, from Middle Dutch comme.
Noun
kom (plural komme, diminutive kommetjie)
- bowl
Descendants
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kom m (plural kome, definite komi, definite plural komet)
- (in the singular) hair, fur (of a horse)
- horse mane; horsetail
- Synonyms: jele, krifë, kreshtë
- rope, fabric or cloth from goatskin
Declension
References
Further reading
- “kom”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “kom”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kom”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 206
Czech
Pronunciation
Pronoun
kom
- locative of kdo
Dagbani
Noun
kom
- water
References
- A Linguistic and Discursive Analysis of Register Variation in Dagbani (2008, →ISBN
- R. Blench, Dagbani
Danish
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- imperative of komme
- past of komme
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch comme, from Old Dutch *kumb, from Frankish *kumb, from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz.
Noun
kom f (plural kommen, diminutive kommetje n)
- bowl
- basin
- socket (hollow part in a bone)
- (geography) (village) center, in particular one with buildings around a central square
- (dated) built-up area
- Synonym: bebouwde kom
- inner harbour
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kom
- inflection of komen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Faroese
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- first/third-person singular past of koma
- imperative of koma
Icelandic
Verb
kom
- inflection of koma:
- first/third-person singular past indicative
- singular imperative
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French comme, Italian come, Spanish como. Decision no. 231, Progreso IV.
Pronunciation
Preposition
kom
- as (being), in the capacity of
Me amas il kom mea fraton.- I love him as my brother.
Synonyms
See also
Indonesian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Dutch kom, from Middle Dutch comme, probably from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (cognate of Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), which doublet of kumba (“pot”)).
Noun
kom (uncountable)
- bowl, basin.
Etymology 2
From Acehnese .
Noun
kom (uncountable)
- unhatched egg after extended nesting.
Further reading
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Derived from English come.
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- come
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.- This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.
Further reading
Latin
Preposition
kom
- Old Latin form of cum
- c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:
𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏- NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo - Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii
Northern Kurdish
Noun
kom
- community
- group
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- inflection of komme:
- simple past
- imperative
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- inflection of koma and komma:
- past
- imperative
Old Norse
Verb
kom
- inflection of koma:
- first/third-person singular past active indicative
- second-person singular present active imperative
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Greek κώμῡς (kṓmūs).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
kȍm (Cyrillic spelling ко̏м) or kòm (Cyrillic spelling ко̀м)
- to whom (dative)
- who (locative)
Declension
Noun
kȍm m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏м)
- skin (outer protective layer of the fruit)
Declension
Further reading
- “kom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- inflection of komma:
- past indicative
- imperative
Interjection
kom
- (procedure word, radiocommunication) over
Bertil, detta är Adam. Inväntar order. Kom.- Bravo, this is Alpha. Awaiting orders. Over.
Further reading
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English comb.
Noun
kom
- comb
- horn of an animal
Yurok
Pronunciation
Verb
kom
- uninflected form of komchuemek'
Zazaki
Pronoun
kom
- who