kamo
See also: Kamo and kamö
Aklanon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu, compare Malay kamu.
Pronoun
kamo
- (in the plural) you
Alangan
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu
Pronoun
kamó
- (in the plural) you
Amis
Pronoun
kamo
- (in the plural) you
See also
| Amis personal pronouns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Person | Singular | Plural | |
| 1st | — | kako | kami / kita |
| inclusive | kami | ||
| exclusive | kita / kami | ||
| 2nd | — | kiso | kamo |
| 3rd | — | ciira | caira |
Bikol Central
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mo
- IPA(key): /kaˈmo/
Pronoun
kamó
- (inclusive, in the plural) you
See also
Bikol Central personal pronouns
| Person | Number | Absolute (ang) | Ergative (sa) | Oblique (sa) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | Full | Short | Full | Short | |||
| First | singular | ako | ko | sakuya, sako, saako | |||
| plural inclusive | kita | nyato | ta | satuya, sato, saato | |||
| plural exclusive | kami | nyamo | mi | samuya, samo, kanamo, saamo | |||
| Second | singular | ika | ka | mo | saimo, simo,kanimo | ||
| plural | kamo | nindo | saindo, kaninyo, sainyo | ||||
| Third | singular | siya, iya | niya | saiya, kaniya | |||
| plural | sinda | ninda | sainda, kanila | ||||
Cebuano
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mo
- IPA(key): /kaˈmo/, [kʌˈmu]
Pronoun
kamo
- (in the plural) you
- (honorific singular) you
Chavacano
Etymology
Borrowed from Cebuano kamo.
Pronoun
kamó
- (in the plural) you
- Synonyms: ustedes, vosotros
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu
Pronoun
kamo
- you (plural)
Inonhan
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu
Pronoun
kamo
- (in the plural) you
Japanese
Romanization
kamo
- Rōmaji transcription of かも
- Rōmaji transcription of カモ
Maori
Noun
kamo
- eyelash
Old Polish
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *kamo.
Pronoun
kamo
- where (to which place)
- where (in which place)
Further reading
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “kamo”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Ratagnon
Pronoun
kamó
- (in the plural) you
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâmo/
- Hyphenation: ka‧mo
Adverb
kȁmo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏мо)
- where (to), in which direction, whither
Synonyms
- kuda
- kud
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Univerbation of wika (“utterance”) + mo (“your”), with wika shortened as 'ka.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mo
- IPA(key): /ˈkamo/, [ˈka.mo]
Pronoun
kamo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓ)
- (interrogative) Used to prompt someone to repeat what was said.
- Ano kamo?
- What did you say?
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ka‧mo
- IPA(key): /kaˈmo/, [kɐˈmo]
Pronoun
kamó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓ)
- (archaic, Marinduque, in the plural) you
- Synonym: kayo
See also
Tagalog personal pronouns
| Person | Number | Direct (ang) | Indirect (ng) | Oblique (sa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First | singular | ako | ko | akin |
| dual* | kita, kata | nita, nata, ta | kanita, kanata, ata | |
| plural inclusive | tayo | natin | atin | |
| plural exclusive | kami | namin | amin | |
| First & Second | singular | kita** | ||
| Second | singular | ikaw, ka | mo | iyo |
| plural | kayo, kamo | ninyo, niyo | inyo | |
| Third | singular | siya | niya | kaniya |
| plural | sila | nila | kanila | |
| * First person dual pronouns are not commonly used. ** Replaces "ko ikaw". | ||||
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *kamo, variant of *kama or *kamʷa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kamo/
Noun
kamo
- taro
- Synonym: kabiri
Further reading
- Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 370
Waray-Waray
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu
Pronoun
kamó
- (in the plural) you
- (honorific singular) you
Wauja
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.mɨ/
Noun
kamo
- sun
- Kamo inyatapai.
- [The] sun is hot.
- Kamo iya paponaku.
- [The] sun sets. (Lit., the sun enters [his] house.)
- Kamo putukapai paponanakutsa.
- [The] sun rises. (Lit., the sun emerges from [his] house.)
- Kamo tapokeheneingeu.
- [It] is twilight. (Lit., the sun disappears, is extinguished.)
- Kamo yumekepei.
- [The] sun is in eclipse. (Lit., the sun is menstruating.)
- Kamo inyatapai.
- time (of day)
- Kanai itsapai kamo?
- Q: What time is it? (Lit., Where [in the sky] is the sun?)
- Kamotojojokapai aitsu.
- A: We are at noon. (Lit., [The] sun is exactly straight [above] us.)
- Kanai itsapai kamo?
- wristwatch, clock, timepiece
- Okanutapiyaitsapai okamoja.
- On [his/her/its] wrist was [his/her/its] watch.
- Okanutapiyaitsapai okamoja.
Usage notes
- When referring to the sun, kamo is obligatorily unpossessed. When referring to a wristwatch or clock, it can show possession.
- Kamo is the heavenly body seen in the sky, and also a culture hero of ancient times, when the world was new. Kamo in Wauja stories is always a male figure, even though during a solar eclipse the sun is said to menstruate.
Inflection
Possession of kamo
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| first person | nukamoja | akamoja |
| second person | pixamoja | yixamoja |
| third person | okamoja | okamojapa |
Derived terms
- kamokawa (year)
- kamomawa (day, daytime, during the day)
See also
- kejo (moon)
- kalunti (star, stars)
- enunaku (sky)
- iyepe (cloud, clouds)
References
- Acácio Tadeu de Camargo Piedade, "From Musical Poetics to Deep Language: The Ritual of the Wauja Sacred Flutes" (In Burst of Breath: Indigenous Ritual Wind Instruments in Lowland South America, 2011, →ISBN, p. 243
- Languages of the Amazon (2012, →ISBN, page 170
West Albay Bikol
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.
Pronoun
kamo
- (in the plural) you
Yami
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.
Pronoun
kamo
- (in the plural) you