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)
Alternative forms
- (dialectal) кам (kam)
Derived terms
- камо да (kamo da)
- камо ли (kamo li)
- камо че (kamo če)
Related terms
Conjunction
камо • (kamo)
- (dialectal) as (for manner, relation)
References
- “камо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “камо”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈkamɔ]
Particle
камо • (kamo)
Old Church Slavonic
Adverb
камо • (kamo)
- whither
- 1581, Ostrog Bible, Genesis 32.17:
- чи́и е҆си, и҆л̂и камо и́деши, и҆ чїѐ с̂е и҆же предъ тобо́ю и҆детъ·
- číi esi, il̂i kamo ídeši, i čijè ŝe iže predŭ tobóju idetŭ·
- Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee?.
References
- “камо”, in Старобългарски речник [Dictionary of Old Bulgarian] (in Bulgarian), https://histdict.uni-sofia.bg, 2011—2025
Old East Slavic
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɔ/→/ˈkamɔ/→/ˈkamɔ/
Adverb
камо (kamo)
- whereto
- 1110s, Laurentian Codex:
- камо хощеши ѿ мене ити
- kamo xoščeši otŭ mene iti
- Whereto want you to go from me?
References
- Zaliznjak, Andrej A. (2019) “Drevnerusskoje udarenije: Obščije svedenija i slovarʹ.”, in Languages of Slavic Culture[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Institute for Slavic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 516: “ка́мо ― kámo”
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kâmo/
- Hyphenation: ка‧мо
Adverb
ка̏мо (Latin spelling kȁmo)