камо

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kamo"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamo]

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Adverb

ка́мо • (kámo) (not comparable)

1. whither, whereto

   Synonyms: накъде (nakǎde), где (gde)

2. in what way, in what state, relative to what

   Synonyms: как (kak), в какъв смисъл (v kakǎv smisǎl)

Alternative forms

• (dialectal) кам (kam)

Derived terms

• камо да (kamo da)
• камо ли (kamo li)
• камо че (kamo če)

Related terms

• само (samo, “only”)
• амо (amo, “hither”)
• тамо (tamo, “thither”)
• всямо (vsjamo, “everywhere”)
• овамо (ovamo, “this way”) (dialectal)
• онамо (onamo, “that way”) (dialectal)

Conjunction

камо • (kamo)

1. (dialectal) as (for manner, relation)

References

• “камо”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “камо”, in Речник на българския език (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɔ]

Particle

камо • (kamo)

1. where is, give me X

Old Church Slavonic

Adverb

камо • (kamo)

1. whither
   • 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 32.17:

     чи́и е҆си, и҆л̂и камо и́деши, и҆ чїѐ с̂е и҆же предъ тобо́ю и҆детъ·

     Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?.

References

• “камо”, in Старобългарски речник (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2024

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâmo/
• Hyphenation: ка‧мо

Adverb

ка̏мо (Latin spelling kȁmo)

1. where (to), in which direction, whither