kamma hem

Could possibly be from an older slang sense of kamma meaning ’to get, to earn’, from Tavringer Romani kamma (“to have, to own”), compare kamma noll (“to get nothing”), from Romani kam- (“to wish, to request”). Related to Sanskrit कामयति (kāmayati, “to wish, to desire”), from *keh₂- (“to desire, wish”).

• IPA^(key): /kama ˈhɛm/

kamma hem

1. (idiomatic, transitive) to win, to procure
   • 2019, My Östh Gustafsson, Sydsvenskan‎:

     Egyptiska filmen ’EXT. Night’ av Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed kammade hem priset för bästa långfilm.

     The Egyptian film ’EXT. Night’ by Ahmad Abdalla El Sayed won the prize for best feature film.

• kamma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• “kamma” in Gerd Carling, Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, 2005, →ISBN, page 85.