camma

Italian

Etymology

From French came, itself from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkam.ma/
  • Rhymes: -amma
  • Hyphenation: càm‧ma

Noun

camma f (plural camme)

  1. cam, a mechanical piece which imparts motion to a rod

Derived terms

Further reading
  • camma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkama/

Adjective

camma

  1. inflection of camm:
    1. nominative plural feminine/neuter
    2. vocative/accusative plural all genders

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
camma chamma camma
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
  • चम्म (Devanagari script)
  • চম্ম (Bengali script)
  • චම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
  • စမ္မ or ၸမ္မ or ၸမ်မ (Burmese script)
  • จมฺม or จัมมะ (Thai script)
  • ᨧᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຈມ຺ມ or ຈັມມະ (Lao script)
  • ចម្ម (Khmer script)
  • 𑄌𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चर्मन् (carman). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀘𑀫𑁆𑀫 (camma).

Noun

camma n

  1. hide, skin, leather
  2. shield

Declension
Declension table of "camma" (neuter)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)cammaṃcammāni
Accusative (second)cammaṃcammāni
Instrumental (third)cammenacammehi or cammebhi
Dative (fourth)cammassa or cammāya or cammatthaṃcammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)cammasmā or cammamhā or cammācammehi or cammebhi
Genitive (sixth)cammassacammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)cammasmiṃ or cammamhi or cammecammesu
Vocative (calling)cammacammāni

Descendants
  • → Khmer: ចម្ម (cam)

References
  • Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “camma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 262
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “carman”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 255
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