камо

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kamo"

Bulgarian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkamo]
  • Audio:(file)

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

Derived terms

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

  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·
      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

Old East Slavic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kamo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɔ//ˈkamɔ//ˈkamɔ/
  • (ca. 9th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɔ/
  • (ca. 11th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkamɔ/
  • (ca. 13th CE) IPA(key): /ˈkamɔ/

Adverb

камо (kamo)

  1. 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:ка́моkámo

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