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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Sanskrit कमल (kamala, “lotus”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kamala (countable and uncountable, plural kamalas)
- A small or medium-sized tree (Mallotus philippensis) in the spurge family, found in Asia and Australia.
- Synonyms: kamala tree, dyer's rottlera, kamala dye tree, monkey face tree, orange kamala, red kamala, scarlet croton
- (usually uncountable) An orange or red powder obtained from the fruit capsules of this plant, used as dyestuff for colouring silk or wool, and employed as an anthelmintic.
- 1875 December 4, “Medical Societies: Medical Society of London”, in James G. Wakley, editor, The Lancet, number 2727, London: John James Croft, page 803:
- After stating the varieties met with in this country, […] he stated that the chief points to be observed in the treatment [of common tapeworm] were: a preliminary starvation of twenty-four hours, and the administration of a combination of kamala and male fern—namely, two drachms of kamala to be rubbed up with a little gum-and-water till an emulsion is formed, and then two drachms of oil of male fern to be added, and the whole triturated in a mortar, […]
- 1876, Ferd[inand] von Mueller, Select Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture or Naturalisation in Victoria, Melbourne: M‘Carron, Bird & Co., page 124:
- Mallotus Philippinensis, J. M. […] Though not of great importance this bush should not be passed on this occasion, inasmuch as the powdery substance investing the seed capsules constitutes the Kamala, which can be employed not only as an orange dye, but also as an anthelmintic remedy. The Hindoo silk-dyers use it for an orange colour, obtained by boiling the Kamala with carbonate of soda.
- 1907, C[onrad] Lewis Diehl, “Report on the Progress of Pharmacy. From July 1, 1906, to June 30, 1907”, in Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Fifty-Fifth Annual Meeting Held at New York, N. Y., September, 1907 […], Baltimore: American Pharmaceutical Association, page 815:
- In a recent examination of commercial kamalas, the mean percentage of ash found was 35.17 per cent., using a platinum crucible and as high a temperature as a common Bunsen burner would supply.
- A sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera).
- Synonyms: Indian lotus, sacred lotus, lotus, Oriental lotus, lotusroot
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]tree in the spurge family
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orange or red powder
sacred lotus — see also sacred lotus
References
[edit]- “kamala”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
kamala on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mallotus philippensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mallotus philippensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Nelumbo nucifera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Nelumbo nucifera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kamala (compare Ingrian kamala, Karelian kamala, Votic kamalõ), possibly borrowed from Proto-Germanic *hamalaz.[1] Alternatively, possibly related to Erzya кама- (kama-) in камажа (kamaža, “bad”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]kamala (comparative kamalampi, superlative kamalin)
- horrible, terrible
- se oli kamalaa
- it was horrible
- (colloquial) terribly, an intensifier
- se oli kamalan hyvää
- it was terribly good
Declension
[edit]Inflection of kamala (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | kamala | kamalat | |
genitive | kamalan | kamalien | |
partitive | kamalaa | kamalia | |
illative | kamalaan | kamaliin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | kamala | kamalat | |
accusative | nom. | kamala | kamalat |
gen. | kamalan | ||
genitive | kamalan | kamalien kamalain rare | |
partitive | kamalaa | kamalia | |
inessive | kamalassa | kamalissa | |
elative | kamalasta | kamalista | |
illative | kamalaan | kamaliin | |
adessive | kamalalla | kamalilla | |
ablative | kamalalta | kamalilta | |
allative | kamalalle | kamalille | |
essive | kamalana | kamalina | |
translative | kamalaksi | kamaliksi | |
abessive | kamalatta | kamalitta | |
instructive | — | kamalin | |
comitative | — | kamaline |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kamala”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
[edit]Noun
[edit]kamala m (plural kamalas)
- kamala (plant)
Further reading
[edit]- “kamala”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hausa
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kàmālā̀ f (possessed form kàmālàr̃)
Ingrian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *kamala. Cognates include Finnish kamala.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɑlɑ/, [ˈkɑmɑɫ]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmɑːlɑ/, [ˈkɑmˑɑːɫɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑmɑl, -ɑmɑːlɑ
- Hyphenation: ka‧ma‧la
Adjective
[edit]kamala (comparative kamalamp)
Declension
[edit]Declension of kamala (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | kamala | kamalat |
genitive | kamalan | kamaloin |
partitive | kamalaa | kamaloja |
illative | kamalaa | kamaloihe |
inessive | kamalaas | kamalois |
elative | kamalast | kamaloist |
allative | kamalalle | kamaloille |
adessive | kamalaal | kamaloil |
ablative | kamalalt | kamaloilt |
translative | kamalaks | kamaloiks |
essive | kamalanna, kamalaan | kamaloinna, kamaloin |
exessive1) | kamalant | kamaloint |
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. |
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 129
Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Alternative scripts
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kamala n[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension table of "kamala" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | kamalaṃ | kamalāni |
Accusative (second) | kamalaṃ | kamalāni |
Instrumental (third) | kamalena | kamalehi or kamalebhi |
Dative (fourth) | kamalassa or kamalāya or kamalatthaṃ | kamalānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | kamalasmā or kamalamhā or kamalā | kamalehi or kamalebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | kamalassa | kamalānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | kamalasmiṃ or kamalamhi or kamale | kamalesu |
Vocative (calling) | kamala | kamalāni |
References
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]kamala f (uncountable)
Declension
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