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

• albero a camme

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

Mutation of camma

radical	lenition	nasalization
camma	chamma	camma 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.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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 \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	cammaṃ	cammāni
Accusative (second)	cammaṃ	cammāni
Instrumental (third)	cammena	cammehi or cammebhi
Dative (fourth)	cammassa or cammāya or cammatthaṃ	cammānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	cammasmā or cammamhā or cammā	cammehi or cammebhi
Genitive (sixth)	cammassa	cammānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	cammasmiṃ or cammamhi or camme	cammesu
Vocative (calling)	camma	cammāni

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