kamusi
Finnish
Noun
kamusi
- inflection of kamu:
- second-person singular possessive form of nominative/genitive singular
- second-person singular possessive form of nominative/accusative plural
Anagrams
Old Tupi
Alternative forms
- kambusi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kã.muˈsi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Hyphenation: ka‧mu‧si
Noun
kamusi (possessable)
- jug (container for liquids)
- vase (upright open container)
- (loosely) any vessel or container
- (loosely) dish; dishware
- Synonym: nha'ẽ
- tile (regularly-shaped slab of clay)
- urn (vessel for the remains of a deceased person)
- (by extension) cave where those urns were placed
Derived terms
- 'ybakamusi
- itaîukamusi
- kamusiaîura
- kamusioka
Descendants
- Nheengatu: kamutí
- → Portuguese: camucim
References
- Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “kamusi”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil [Dictionary of Old Tupi: The Classical Indigenous Language of Brazil] (overall work in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 215, columns 1–2
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic قَامُوس (qāmūs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑˈmu.si/
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
kamusi class IX (plural kamusi class X)
- dictionary (publication that explains the meanings of an ordered list of words)
Further reading
- kamusi in Swahili Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press