kameu

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kameu̯/, [ka.me̞.u]

Noun

kameu inan

1. cameo (relief work)

Declension

Declension of kameu (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	kameu	kameua	kameuak
ergative	kameuk	kameuak	kameuek
dative	kameuri	kameuari	kameuei
genitive	kameuren	kameuaren	kameuen
comitative	kameurekin	kameuarekin	kameuekin
causative	kameurengatik	kameuarengatik	kameuengatik
benefactive	kameurentzat	kameuarentzat	kameuentzat
instrumental	kameuz	kameuaz	kameuez
inessive	kameutan	kameuan	kameuetan
locative	kameutako	kameuko	kameuetako
allative	kameutara	kameura	kameuetara
terminative	kameutaraino	kameuraino	kameuetaraino
directive	kameutarantz	kameurantz	kameuetarantz
destinative	kameutarako	kameurako	kameuetarako
ablative	kameutatik	kameutik	kameuetatik
partitive	kameurik	—	—
prolative	kameutzat	—	—

Further reading

• “kameu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

West Makian

Etymology

Possibly related to Ternate ngau (“ear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ˈme.u/

Noun

kameu

1. ear

Alternative forms

• kamou

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics