krama

Borrowed from Khmer ក្រមា (krɑmaa).

krama (countable and uncountable, plural krama or kramas)

1. A traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf or bandana or to carry children.

krama (uncountable)

1. A polite and formal style of the Javanese language.

• karma, Makar, Karma, Marak, makar, Karam, Marka

From Old Javanese krama, from Sanskrit क्रम (krama, “custom, law, system”).

krama (Balinese script ᬓ᭄ᬭᬫ)

1. customary law
2. member of council

krama (plural krama-krama)

1. (uncommon) alternative form of kromo

krama

1. romanization of ꦏꦿꦩ

From Sanskrit क्रम (krama, “custom, law, system”).

krama

1. course, order
2. state, condition
3. conduct, behaviour
4. custom
5. thereupon, then; duly

• Javanese: ꦏꦿꦩ (krama)
  • Banyumasan: krama
  • → Indonesian: kromo
• Osing: krama
• → Balinese: krama

• "krama" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
• → Tengger: krama

Borrowed from German Kram. First attested in the 16th century.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /krǎːma/
• Hyphenation: kra‧ma

kráma f (Cyrillic spelling кра́ма)

1. junk, trash (old, worn or used things)

• “krama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

• kjama (nonstandard, Internet slang)

From Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.

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krama

1. inflection of kram:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

krama (present kramar, preterite kramade, supine kramat, imperative krama)

1. to hug (to embrace)
   • 1940, Karin Boye, Ur funktion‎^[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 16:

     [Bodil] frågade: – Kan du säga mig, vad det är för nytta med att jag lever? Han kramade henne en aning förskräckt. Vad var detta för griller?

     Bodil asked, "Tell me, what's the point of me living?" He hugged her, slightly startled. What kind of whim was this?

   • 1992, Carl Michael Bellman, edited by Gunnar Hillbom & James Massengale, Fredmans sånger‎^[2], Norstedts förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Bellmanssällskapet, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 43:

     Min gudinna, krama mig så ömt du kan.

     My goddess, hug me as tenderly as you can.

2. to squeeze (to apply pressure from multiple sides at once)

   Krama ur vattnet ur de rivna morötterna!

   Squeeze the water out of the grated carrots!

   • 1857, Viktor Rydberg, Fribytaren på Östersjön‎^[3], A. Kösters förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 309:

     Erik hade under dessa ögonblick ångestfullt kramat tjenarens hand.

     During these moments, Erik had anxiously squeezed his servant's hand.

   • 1925, Selma Lagerlöf, Löwensköldska ringen‎^[4], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 8 May 2025, page 74:

     Han hade velat krama ihjäl Ingilbert Bårdsson mellan sina starka armar.

     He would have liked to squeeze Ingilbert Bårdsson to death in his own strong arms.

• kram
• kramare

• krama in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker

• makar