kamo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kamo"

Aklanon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu, compare Malay kamu.

Pronoun

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

Alangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

Pronoun

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you

Amis

Pronoun

kamo

  1. (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/, [kaˈmo]

Pronoun

kamó

  1. (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/, [kʌˈmo]

Pronoun

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you
  2. (honorific singular) you

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano kamo.

Pronoun

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you
    Synonyms: ustedes, vosotros

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

Pronoun

kamo

  1. you (plural)

Inonhan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu

Pronoun

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

Japanese

Romanization

kamo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かも
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カモ

Maori

Noun

kamo

  1. eyelash

Old Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /kamɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /kamɔ/

Pronoun

kamo

  1. where (to which place)
  2. where (in which place)

Further reading

Ratagnon

Pronoun

kamó

  1. (in the plural) you

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kâmo/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧mo

Adverb

kȁmo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏мо)

  1. where (to), in which direction, whither
    Synonyms: kuda, kud

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Univerbation of 'ka mo, with 'ka from wika.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkamo/ [ˈka.mo]
  • Rhymes: -amo
  • Syllabification: ka‧mo

Particle

kamo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of 'ka mo

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈmo/ [kɐˈmo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ka‧mo

Pronoun

kamó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜋᜓ)

  1. (now dialectal, 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

  1. 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

  1. (in the plural) you
  2. (honorific singular) you

Wauja

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈka.mɨ/

Noun

kamo

  1. 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.)
  2. 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.)
  3. wristwatch, clock, timepiece
    Okanutapiyaitsapai okamoja.
    On [his/her/its] wrist was [his/her/its] watch.

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

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.

Pronoun

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you

Yami

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kamu.

Pronoun

kamo

  1. (in the plural) you
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