kamu

Finnish

Etymology

Clipping of kamraati +‎ -u

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑmu/, [ˈkɑmu]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmu
  • Syllabification(key): ka‧mu

Noun

kamu

  1. (colloquial) a pal

Declension
Inflection of kamu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative kamu kamut
genitive kamun kamujen
partitive kamua kamuja
illative kamuun kamuihin
singular plural
nominative kamu kamut
accusative nom. kamu kamut
gen. kamun
genitive kamun kamujen
partitive kamua kamuja
inessive kamussa kamuissa
elative kamusta kamuista
illative kamuun kamuihin
adessive kamulla kamuilla
ablative kamulta kamuilta
allative kamulle kamuille
essive kamuna kamuina
translative kamuksi kamuiksi
instructive — kamuin
abessive kamutta kamuitta
comitative — kamuineen
Possessive forms of kamu (type valo)
possessor singular plural
1st person kamuni kamumme
2nd person kamusi kamunne
3rd person kamunsa

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

Shortened from kamuflázs.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkɒmu]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mu
  • Rhymes: -mu

Noun

kamu

  1. (slang) bullshit (a colloquial way of calling out a lie)
    Synonyms: álca, becsapás, hazugság

Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative kamu kamuk
accusative kamut kamukat
dative kamunak kamuknak
instrumental kamuval kamukkal
causal-final kamuért kamukért
translative kamuvá kamukká
terminative kamuig kamukig
essive-formal kamuként kamukként
essive-modal — —
inessive kamuban kamukban
superessive kamun kamukon
adessive kamunál kamuknál
illative kamuba kamukba
sublative kamura kamukra
allative kamuhoz kamukhoz
elative kamuból kamukból
delative kamuról kamukról
ablative kamutól kamuktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 kamué kamuké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 kamuéi kamukéi
Possessive forms of kamu
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. kamum kamuim
2nd person sing. kamud kamuid
3rd person sing. kamuja kamui
1st person plural kamunk kamuink
2nd person plural kamutok kamuitok
3rd person plural kamujuk kamuik

Derived terms

References
  1. Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN (The online version is available with registration for one 2-hour free trial per month.)

Indonesian

Alternative forms
  • kamoe (pre-1947)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kamu/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mu
  • Rhymes: -amu, -mu, -u

Pronoun

kamu

  1. (informal) Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Synonyms

Indonesian informal second-person pronouns:

  • anta (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • antum (informal, mainly used by Muslim community)
  • coen (slang, East Java)
  • ente (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • kamu (intimate)
  • ko, kowe (informal, Java)
  • kon, koen (colloquial, East Java)
  • lu, lo, loe, elu (informal, mainly used by Betawi ethnic group)
  • mika, mike (informal, Eastern Sumatra)

Derived terms

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

kamu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かむ

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kamu/
  • Rhymes: -amu, -mu, -u
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Pronoun

kamu (Jawi spelling کامو‎)

  1. you (singular, familiar)
    Synonyms: anda, awak, dikau, engkau, kau, tuanku
  2. you (plural), you all, y'all
    Synonym: kalian

Derived terms

See also
Malay personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person standard saya / ساي‎
aku/ku- / اکو‎ / كو-‎ (informal/towards God)
-ku / -كو‎ (informal possessive)
hamba / همبا‎ (dated)		 kami / کامي‎ (exclusive)
kita orang / كيت اورڠ‎ (informal exclusive)
kita / کيت‎ (inclusive)
royal beta / بيتا‎
2nd person standard kamu / کامو‎
anda / اندا‎ (formal)
engkau/kau- / اڠکاو‎/ كاو-‎ (informal/towards God)
awak / اوق‎ (friendly/older towards younger)
-mu / -مو‎ (possessive)		 kalian / کاليان‎
kamu semua / كامو سموا‎
kau orang / كاو اورڠ‎ (informal)
royal tuanku / توانكو‎
3rd person standard dia / دي‎
ia / اي‎
beliau / بلياو‎ (honorific)
-nya / -ڽ‎ (possessive)		 mereka / مريک‎
dia orang / دي اورڠ‎ (informal)
royal baginda / بݢيندا‎

Further reading

Mansaka

Pronoun

kamu

  1. you (singular}

Sakizaya

Pronoun

kamu

  1. (inclusive, in the plural) you

Shona

Etymology

From Afrikaans kam.

Noun

kámu class 9 (plural kámu class 10)

  1. comb

Tagabawa

Noun

kamù

  1. wound; injury

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *(i-)kamu.

Pronoun

kamu

  1. you

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قموق‎ (kamuğ), قمو‎ (kamu), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰢𐰆𐰍‎ (kamug, “whole, every, each”).

Adjective

kamu (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) whole, solely

Noun

kamu (definite accusative kamuyu, plural kamular)

  1. public

Declension
Inflection
Nominative kamu
Definite accusative kamuyu
Singular Plural
Nominative kamu kamular
Definite accusative kamuyu kamuları
Dative kamuya kamulara
Locative kamuda kamularda
Ablative kamudan kamulardan
Genitive kamunun kamuların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular kamum kamularım
2nd singular kamun kamuların
3rd singular kamusu kamuları
1st plural kamumuz kamularımız
2nd plural kamunuz kamularınız
3rd plural kamuları kamuları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular kamumu kamularımı
2nd singular kamunu kamularını
3rd singular kamusunu kamularını
1st plural kamumuzu kamularımızı
2nd plural kamunuzu kamularınızı
3rd plural kamularını kamularını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular kamuma kamularıma
2nd singular kamuna kamularına
3rd singular kamusuna kamularına
1st plural kamumuza kamularımıza
2nd plural kamunuza kamularınıza
3rd plural kamularına kamularına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular kamumda kamularımda
2nd singular kamunda kamularında
3rd singular kamusunda kamularında
1st plural kamumuzda kamularımızda
2nd plural kamunuzda kamularınızda
3rd plural kamularında kamularında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular kamumdan kamularımdan
2nd singular kamundan kamularından
3rd singular kamusundan kamularından
1st plural kamumuzdan kamularımızdan
2nd plural kamunuzdan kamularınızdan
3rd plural kamularından kamularından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular kamumun kamularımın
2nd singular kamunun kamularının
3rd singular kamusunun kamularının
1st plural kamumuzun kamularımızın
2nd plural kamunuzun kamularınızın
3rd plural kamularının kamularının

Derived terms
  • kamutay

References
  • kamu in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
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