cam

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English

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 Cam (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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A cam (shown in yellow)

Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.

Noun

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cam (plural cams)

  1. A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
  2. A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
  3. (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
    • 1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:
      Cum doun t' cam' soid
  4. (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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Etymology 2

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Clipping of camera.

Noun

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cam (plural cams)

  1. (informal) Camera.
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Translations
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Verb

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cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)

  1. To go on webcam with someone.

Etymology 3

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Adverb

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cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)

  1. Alternative form of kam

Further reading

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Anagrams

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English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ǵómbʰos

Acholi

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Noun

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cam

  1. food

Caló

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-
    Proto-Indo-European *-mós
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás
    Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá)
    Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma)
    Romani kham
    Caló cam

    Inherited from Romani kham, from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma), from Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.

    Noun

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    cam m (plural cames)

    1. (astronomy) sun
      Synonym: ocán

    References

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    • “cam” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
    • “cam” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
    • “cam” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

    Chinese

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    Etymology

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    From English cam, clipping of camera.

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    Noun

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    cam

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera, especially for filming, computing or surveillance purposes (Classifier: 部 c; 支 c; 隻／只 c; 個／个 c)

    Synonyms

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    Dialectal synonyms of 相機 (“camera”) [map]
    Variety Location Words
    Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 相機, 照相機, 攝影機
    Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 相機, 照相機
    Taiwan 相機, 照相機
    Chengde 照相機, 相匣子 dated
    Chifeng 相機, 照相機
    Hulunbuir (Hailar) 照相機
    Heihe 相機, 照相機
    Qiqihar 相機, 照相機
    Harbin 相機, 照相機
    Jiamusi 相機, 照相機
    Baicheng 照相機
    Changchun 照相機
    Tonghua 照相機
    Shenyang 相機, 照相機
    Jinzhou 相機, 照相機
    Singapore 相機, 照相機
    Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 照相機
    Tangshan 相機, 照相機
    Cangzhou 相機, 照相機
    Baoding 相機, 照相機
    Shijiazhuang 照相機
    Lijin 照相機
    Jinan 相機, 照相機
    Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 照相機
    Dandong 相機, 照相機
    Yantai 照相兒機
    Qingdao 照相機
    Zhucheng 相機, 照相機
    Central Plains Mandarin Lingbao 照相機
    Jining 照相機
    Linfen 照相機
    Shangqiu 相機, 照相機
    Yuanyang 照相機
    Zhengzhou 相機, 照相機
    Xinyang 照相機
    Baihe 照相機
    Xi'an 照相機
    Baoji 照相機
    Tianshui 照相機
    Xining 照相機
    Xuzhou 相機, 照相機
    Fuyang 照相機
    Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 照相機
    Lanzhou 相機, 照相機
    Dunhuang 相機, 照相機
    Hami 相機, 照相機
    Ürümqi 照相機
    Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 相機, 照相機
    Nanchong 相機, 照相機
    Dazhou 照相機
    Hanyuan 照相機
    Xichang 相機, 照相機
    Zigong 相機, 照相機
    Chongqing 相機, 照相機
    Yichang 照相機
    Xiangyang 相機, 照相機
    Tianmen 照相機
    Guiyang 相機, 照相機
    Zunyi 相機, 照相機
    Bijie 照相機
    Liping 照相機
    Zhaotong 照相機
    Dali 照相機
    Kunming 相機, 照相機
    Mengzi 相機
    Guilin 照相機
    Liuzhou 相機, 照相機
    Jishou 照相機
    Changde 照相機
    Hanzhong 照相機
    Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 照相機
    Yangzhou 相機, 照相機
    Lianyungang 相機, 照相機
    Lianshui 拍相機
    Nantong 照相機
    Anqing 照相機
    Hefei 照相機
    Hong'an 照相機
    Cantonese Guangzhou 影相機
    Hong Kong 相機, 影相機, cam
    Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 影相機
    Macau 影相機
    Guangzhou (Panyu) 影相機
    Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 影相機
    Guangzhou (Conghua) 影相機
    Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 影相機
    Foshan 影相機
    Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 影相機
    Foshan (Shunde) 影相機
    Foshan (Sanshui) 影相機
    Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 影相機
    Zhongshan (Shiqi) 影相機
    Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 影相機
    Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 影相機
    Zhuhai (Doumen) 影相機
    Jiangmen (Baisha) 影相機
    Jiangmen (Xinhui) 影相機
    Taishan 影相機
    Taishan (Guanghai) 影相機
    Kaiping (Chikan) 影相機
    Enping (Niujiang) 影相機
    Heshan (Yayao) 影相機
    Dongguan 影相機
    Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 影相機
    Mandalay (Taishan) 影相機
    Hakka Meixian 照相機, 影相機, 攝影機
    Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 影相機
    Dongguan (Qingxi) 影相機
    Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 照相機
    Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 影相機
    Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 相機
    Miaoli (N. Sixian) 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
    Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
    Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉
    Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉
    Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉
    Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 翕相機, 卡麥拉
    Huizhou Shexian 照相機
    Jin Taiyuan 照相機
    Yangyuan 相機, 照相機
    Datong 照相機
    Xinzhou 照相機
    Lüliang (Lishi) 照相機
    Changzhi 照相機
    Linhe 照相機
    Jining 照相機
    Hohhot 照相機
    Erenhot 照相機
    Pingshan 照相機
    Zhangjiakou 照相機
    Handan 照相機
    Linzhou 照相機
    Suide 照相機
    Northern Min Jian'ou 照相機
    Eastern Min Fuzhou 䀹相機
    Southern Min Xiamen 像機, 翕像機, 照像機
    Quanzhou 像機
    Zhangzhou 像機, 影櫃仔
    Taipei 翕像機, kha-mé-lah GT
    Kaohsiung 翕像機
    Yilan 翕像機
    Changhua (Lukang) 翕像機
    Taichung 翕像機
    Taichung (Wuqi) 翕像機
    Tainan 翕像機
    Taitung 翕像機
    Hsinchu 翕像機
    Penghu (Magong) 翕像機
    Penang (Hokkien) 小影機
    Singapore (Hokkien) 像機
    Manila (Hokkien) 像機
    Shantou 照相機, 耗相機
    Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 影相機
    Wu Shanghai 照相機
    Wenzhou 照相機
    Note GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified)

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    Verb

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    cam

    1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to monitor or surveil with a camera

    French

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    Etymology

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    From English cam, a shortening of camera.

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    cam f (plural cams)

    1. (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

    Noun

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    cam m (uncountable)

    1. (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm))

    Alternative forms

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    • CAm (contre-amiral)

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    Galician

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    Noun

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    cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)

    1. reintegrationist spelling of can

    References

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    • “cam” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

    Indonesian

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    Etymology

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    From Malay cam. From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

    Verb

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    cam

    1. (only with a negative) to be interested; to be taken by

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    Irish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish camm. The sense “bent, gay” is a semantic loan from English bent.

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    Adjective

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    cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)

    1. crooked
    2. (offensive) bent (homosexual)
      Synonym: lúbtha

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    Declension of cam
    singular plural (m/f)
    Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
    nominative cam cham cama;
    chama2
    vocative chaim cama
    genitive caime cama cam
    dative cam;
    cham1     		cham;
    chaim (archaic)     		cama;
    chama2
    Comparative níos caime
    Superlative is caime

    1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
    2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

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    Descendants

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    Mutation

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    Mutated forms of cam
    radical lenition eclipsis
    cam cham gcam

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    References

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    1. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 111, page 23
    2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 99, page 29; reprinted 1988
    3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 33, page 40
    4. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 149
    5. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 432, page 161
    6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

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    Malay

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    Etymology

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    From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]

    Verb

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    cam (Jawi spelling چم)

    1. to recognize by sight; to identify; to remember what has been seen
      Synonym: kenal pasti

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    Affixed terms and other derivations

    Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

    Descendants

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    • Indonesian: cam

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    Manx

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish camm.

    Adjective

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    cam (plural cammey)

    1. crooked
    2. deformed
    3. deceitful
    4. knotty (of wood)

    Verb

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    cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)

    1. bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)

    Mutation

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    Manx mutation
    Radical Lenition Eclipsis
    cam cham gam
    Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
    possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

    Northern Kurdish

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    Etymology

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    Related to Persian جام (jâm).

    Noun

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    cam f

    1. glass

    Old Irish

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    Adjective

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    cam

    1. Alternative spelling of camm

    Declension

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    o/ā-stem
    Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
    Nominative cam cam cam
    Vocative caim*
    cam**
    Accusative cam caim
    Genitive caim caime caim
    Dative cam caim cam
    Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
    Nominative caim cama
    Vocative camu
    cama†
    Accusative camu
    cama†
    Genitive cam
    Dative camaib
    Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

    **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
    † not when substantivized

    Mutation

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    Mutation of cam
    radical lenition nasalization
    cam cham cam
    pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

    Romanian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.

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    Adverb

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    cam

    1. approximately, a little
    2. rather
      Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.
      This lake is rather dirty.
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    Verb

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    cam

    1. past of come

    Scottish Gaelic

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    Etymology

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    From Old Irish camm.

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    Adjective

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    cam

    1. crooked, askew

    Declension

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    First declension; forms of the positive degree:

    Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
    Nominative cam cham cama
    Vocative chaim chaim cama
    Genitive chaim chaim/caime cam
    Dative cham chaim cama

    Comparative/superlative: caime

    Mutation

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    Mutation of cam
    radical lenition
    cam cham

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Noun

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    cam

    1. food

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    • Dinka-English Dictionary‎[1], 2005

    Tày

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
    Particularly: “Cognates in varieties not in Vietnam would suggest earlier borrowing, but I can't find Nôm Tày characters for this.”

    Noun

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    (classifiers mạy or mác) cam

    1. orange
      bủi mác cam ― slices of orange
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    Etymology 2

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Calque or borrowing from Vietnamese?”)

    Noun

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    cam

    1. a vague kind of mouth ache, typically found in children
      Đếch nọi pền cam.
      The children got mouthaches.
      cam cưa, cam nồm ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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    Etymology 3

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    Particle

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    cam

    1. (topicalizer) as for ..., it is/does/will ...
      Synonym: te̱
      Cần cam lai cần cam nọi.
      Some people have too much, some people have too little.

    References

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    • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
    • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
    • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[5] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

    Turkish

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    Etymology

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    From Ottoman Turkish جام (cam), from Persian جام (jâm).

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    Noun

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    cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)

    1. glass
      Synonym: sırça
    2. (informal) window
      Synonym: pencere

    Declension

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    Inflection
    Nominative cam
    Definite accusative camı
    Singular Plural
    Nominative cam camlar
    Definite accusative camı camları
    Dative cama camlara
    Locative camda camlarda
    Ablative camdan camlardan
    Genitive camın camların
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camım camlarım
    2nd singular camın camların
    3rd singular camı camları
    1st plural camımız camlarımız
    2nd plural camınız camlarınız
    3rd plural camları camları
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camımı camlarımı
    2nd singular camını camlarını
    3rd singular camını camlarını
    1st plural camımızı camlarımızı
    2nd plural camınızı camlarınızı
    3rd plural camlarını camlarını
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camıma camlarıma
    2nd singular camına camlarına
    3rd singular camına camlarına
    1st plural camımıza camlarımıza
    2nd plural camınıza camlarınıza
    3rd plural camlarına camlarına
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camımda camlarımda
    2nd singular camında camlarında
    3rd singular camında camlarında
    1st plural camımızda camlarımızda
    2nd plural camınızda camlarınızda
    3rd plural camlarında camlarında
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camımdan camlarımdan
    2nd singular camından camlarından
    3rd singular camından camlarından
    1st plural camımızdan camlarımızdan
    2nd plural camınızdan camlarınızdan
    3rd plural camlarından camlarından
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camımın camlarımın
    2nd singular camının camlarının
    3rd singular camının camlarının
    1st plural camımızın camlarımızın
    2nd plural camınızın camlarınızın
    3rd plural camlarının camlarının
    Predicative forms
    Singular Plural
    1st singular camım camlarım
    2nd singular camsın camlarsın
    3rd singular cam
    camdır     		camlar
    camlardır
    1st plural camız camlarız
    2nd plural camsınız camlarsınız
    3rd plural camlar camlardır

    Derived terms

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    Adjective

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    cam

    1. of glass

    Declension

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    predicative forms of cam
    present tense
    positive,
    declarative         		positive,
    interrogative         		negative,
    declarative         		negative,
    interrogative
    ben (I am) camım cam mıyım? cam değilim cam değil miyim?
    sen (you are) camsın cam mısın? cam değilsin cam değil misin?
    o (he/she/it is) cam / camdır cam mı? cam değil cam değil mi?
    biz (we are) camız cam mıyız? cam değiliz cam değil miyiz?
    siz (you are) camsınız cam mısınız? cam değilsiniz cam değil misiniz?
    onlar (they are) cam(lar) cam(lar) mı? cam değil(ler) cam değiller mi?
    past tense
    positive,
    declarative         		positive,
    interrogative         		negative,
    declarative         		negative,
    interrogative
    ben (I was) camdım cam mıydım? cam değildim cam değil miydim?
    sen (you were) camdın cam mıydın? cam değildin cam değil miydin?
    o (he/she/it was) camdı cam mıydı? cam değildi cam değil miydi?
    biz (we were) camdık cam mıydık? cam değildik cam değil miydik?
    siz (you were) camdınız cam mıydınız? cam değildiniz cam değil miydiniz?
    onlar (they were) camdılar cam mıydılar? cam değildi(ler) / değillerdi cam değil miydiler?
    indirect past
    positive,
    declarative         		positive,
    interrogative         		negative,
    declarative         		negative,
    interrogative
    ben (I was) cammışım cam mıymışım? cam değilmişim cam değil miymişim?
    sen (you were) cammışsın cam mıymışsın? cam değilmişsin cam değil miymişsin?
    o (he/she/it was) cammış cam mıymış? cam değilmiş cam değil miymiş?
    biz (we were) cammışız cam mıymışız? cam değilmişiz cam değil miymişiz?
    siz (you were) cammışsınız cam mıymışsınız? cam değilmişsiniz cam değil miymişsiniz?
    onlar (they were) cammışlar cam mıymışlar? cam değilmiş(ler) / değillermiş cam değil miymişler?
    conditional
    positive,
    declarative         		positive,
    interrogative         		negative,
    declarative         		negative,
    interrogative
    ben (if I) camsam cam mıysam? cam değilsem cam değil miysem?
    sen (if you) camsan cam mıysan? cam değilsen cam değil miysen?
    o (if he/she/it) camsa cam mıysa? cam değilse cam değil miyse?
    biz (if we) camsak cam mıysak? cam değilsek cam değil miysek?
    siz (if you) camsanız cam mıysanız? cam değilseniz cam değil miyseniz?
    onlar (if they) camsalar cam mıysalar? cam değilseler / değillerse cam değil miyseler?

    Vietnamese

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).

    Noun

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    (classifier cây, trái, quả) cam

    1. orange, such as Citrus × sinensis or Citrus aurantium (bitter orange)
    2. Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).
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    Adjective

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    cam

    1. made of oranges
    2. (màu ~) of the colour orange
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    See also
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    Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text)
         trắng      xám      đen
                 đỏ; thắm, thẫm              cam; nâu              vàng; kem
                 vàng chanh              xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục              xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm
                 xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két              xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh              xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam
                 tím; chàm              tía              hồng

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    cam

    1. Short for camera.

    Etymology 3

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from 甘 (“sweet”).

    Verb

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    cam

    1. (chiefly in compounds) to be content with
    2. (only in compounds) to pledge, to guarantee
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    Romanization

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    cam

    1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 甘
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    Welsh

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

    Noun

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    cam m (plural camau)

    1. step, pace, footstep
      Synonyms: camre, pas
    2. footfall (sound made by a footstep)
    3. footprint
      Synonym: ôl troed
    4. step (of a process), stage, phase
      Synonyms: gradd, adeg, pwynt, cyfnod
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    Etymology 2

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    From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

    Adjective

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    cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)

    1. bent, crooked, distorted
      Synonym: gŵyr
    2. wrong, false, incorrect
      Gweithio yn gam ― To do incorrectly
    4. wrong, unjust
    5. one-eyed, squint-eyed
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    Noun

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    cam m (plural camau)

    2. wrong, misdeed
      Synonyms: camwedd, pechod

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    Borrowed from English cam.

    Noun

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    cam m (plural camau)

    2. cam

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    Mutated forms of cam
    radical soft nasal aspirate
    cam gam ngham cham

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Verb

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    cam

    1. Alternative form of caame
      • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 5:
        Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,
        Old Father Devereux early came there,

    References

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    • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

    Zhuang

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

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    Verb

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    cam (Sawndip forms 𰇼 or 𭆻 or 𭈧 or 𠮿 or 仨 or 𮞁, 1957–1982 spelling cam)

    1. to ask (to request an answer)
    2. to inquire; to ask
    3. to ask for instructions
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