kom

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kom"

Translingual

Symbol

kom

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Komi.

Abinomn

Noun

kom

1. canoe; boat

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/

Etymology 1

From Dutch komen.

Verb

kom (present kom, present participle komende, past participle gekom)

1. come

Etymology 2

From Dutch kom, from Middle Dutch comme.

Noun

kom (plural komme, diminutive kommetjie)

1. bowl

Descendants

• → Swazi: inkomishi
• → Zulu: inkomishi
  • Fanagalo: lo kom

Albanian

Alternative forms

• komë

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin coma (“hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kom]
• Rhymes: -om

Noun

kom m (plural kome, definite komi, definite plural komet)

1. (in the singular) hair, fur (of a horse)
2. horse mane; horsetail

   Synonyms: jele, krifë, kreshtë

3. rope, fabric or cloth from goatskin

Declension

Declension of kom

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kom	komi	kome	komet
accusative		komin
dative	komi	komit	komeve	komeve
ablative			komesh

Further reading

• “kom”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “kom”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kom”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 206

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkom]

Pronoun

kom

1. locative of kdo

Dagbani

Noun

kom

1. water

References

• A Linguistic and Discursive Analysis of Register Variation in Dagbani (2008, →ISBN
• R. Blench, Dagbani

Danish

Pronunciation

• (imperative) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʌm]
• (past) IPA^(key): [ˈkʰʌmˀ]

Verb

kom

1. imperative of komme
2. past of komme

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: kom
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology beyond Middle Dutch comme debated; perhaps ultimately not of Germanic origin.

Noun

kom f (plural kommen, diminutive kommetje n)

1. bowl
2. basin
3. socket (hollow part in a bone)
4. (geography) (village) center, in particular one with buildings around a central square
5. (dated) built-up area

   Synonym: bebouwde kom

6. inner harbour

Derived terms

• waskom
• uit de kom
• bebouwde kom
• dorpskom
• vaartkom

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kom
  • → Swazi: inkomishi
  • → Zulu: inkomishi
    • Fanagalo: lo kom
• Berbice Creole Dutch: konghi
• Negerhollands: kommetje, komintji, kom
• → Aukan: komiki (from the diminutive)
• → Indonesian: kom
• → Papiamentu: kòmchi, kònchi, kommetsje (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: komki, komiki (from the diminutive)
  • → Lokono: komiki, kuñki
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: komki
  • → Kari'na: komiki
  • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: kommiki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kom

1. inflection of komen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Anagrams

• mok

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoːm]

Verb

kom

1. first/third-person singular past of koma

   hann kom aftur

   he came back

   • hann kom, sá og sigraði

     veni, vidi, vici (Julius Caesar)

2. imperative of koma

   góða mamma, kom nú og set teg her hjá mær!

   dear mummy, come now and sit beside me!

Icelandic

Verb

kom

1. inflection of koma:
   1. first/third-person singular past indicative
   2. singular imperative

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French comme, Italian come, Spanish como. Decision no. 231, Progreso IV.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom/

Preposition

kom

1. as (being), in the capacity of

   Me amas il kom mea fraton.

   I love him as my brother.

Synonyms

• esante

See also

• quale

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• KOM
• kom-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔm]
• Hyphenation: kom

Etymology 1

From Dutch kom, from Middle Dutch comme, probably from Proto-Germanic *kumbaz (cognate of Sanskrit कुम्भ (kumbha, “a pot, jug”), which doublet of kumba (“pot”)).

Noun

kom (first-person possessive komku, second-person possessive kommu, third-person possessive komnya)

1. bowl, basin.

Related terms

• baskom

 

Etymology 2

From Acehnese [Term?].

Noun

kom (first-person possessive komku, second-person possessive kommu, third-person possessive komnya)

1. unhatched egg after extended nesting.

Further reading

• “kom” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English come.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom/

Verb

kom

1. come
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, 3 Jan 1:1:

     Da leta ya a kom fram mi, di elda — tu mi speshal fren, Gaiyos. Mi fren, mi riili riili lov yu.

     This letter comes from the elder to Gaius, my dear friend, whom I love in the truth.

Further reading

• kom at majstro.com

Latin

Preposition

kom

1. Old Latin form of cum
   • c. 500 BC, Garigliano bowl:

     𐌍𐌄𐌉[- - -]𐌐𐌀𐌓𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌𐌊𐌏𐌌𐌌𐌄𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌔𐌏𐌊𐌉𐌏𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌓𐌉𐌖𐌏𐌉𐌀𐌃𐌃𐌄𐌏𐌌𐌃𐌖𐌏

     NEIPARIMEDESOMKOMMEOISSOKIOISTRIVOIADDEOMDVO
     nei pari med esom kom meois sokiois trifos audeom duo[m]

     Do not take me! I am with my three companions (property) of the two Audii

Northern Kurdish

Noun

kom

1. community
2. group

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. inflection of komme:
   1. simple past
   2. imperative

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmː/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. inflection of koma and komma:
   1. past
   2. imperative

Old Norse

Verb

kom

1. inflection of koma:
   1. first/third-person singular past active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Greek κώμῡς (kṓmūs).

Pronunciation

• (dative) IPA^(key): /kôm/
• (locative) IPA^(key): /kǒm/

Pronoun

kȍm (Cyrillic spelling ко̏м) or kòm (Cyrillic spelling ко̀м)

1. to whom (dative)
2. who (locative)

Declension

Declension of kom

	singular/plural
nominative	tkȍ, kȍ
genitive	kȍg, kòga
dative	kȍm, kòmu, kòme
accusative	kȍg. kòga
vocative	—
locative	kòm, kòme
instrumental	kȋm, kíme

Noun

kȍm m (Cyrillic spelling ко̏м)

1. skin (outer protective layer of the fruit)

Declension

Declension of kom

	singular	plural
nominative	kom	komovi
genitive	koma	komova
dative	komu	komovima
accusative	kom	komove
vocative	kome	komovi
locative	komu	komovima
instrumental	komom	komovima

Further reading

• “kom”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm/, [ˈkʰɔm]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. inflection of komma:
   1. past indicative
   2. imperative

Interjection

kom

1. (procedure word, radiocommunication) over

   Bertil, detta är Adam. Inväntar order. Kom.

   Bravo, this is Alpha. Awaiting orders. Over.

Further reading

• kom in Svensk ordbok.

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English comb.

Noun

kom

1. comb
2. horn of an animal

Zazaki

Alternative forms

• kam

Pronoun

kom

1. who