Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kama

/kɑmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.77 in modern English

Syllables: ka-ma
IPA: /kɑmə/

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.

noun

The act or process of wishing; longing, desire (with or without sexual connotations); one of the goals of life in Hindu tradition.

Uncountable

name

A major river in Russia, the longest left tributary of the Volga.

name

The Hindu god of love, Kamadeva

name

Example Sentences

"The place of kāma or the pursuit of love and pleasure in the balanced Hindu scheme of life derives from the importance attached to the life of the married householder (grhastha)."
"Ancient Indian thought divides the principal aims of human existence into dharma (religion, morality, social obligations), artha (economics, politics, power), and kāma (erotic pleasure, sexual interaction, sexual gratification)."
"It was led by Sen. Henry Javkson (D-Wash.), who referred at some length to an IBM computer and assorted other technology we have sold the Russians for use in their vast Kama River truck plant."
"According to Ponomarev's calculations, the Kama in the 1890s annually supplied the Volga with up to 850000 logs, of which about 250000 came from the Chusovaya, about 250000 from the Vyatka and its tributaries, 150000 from the Belaya,[…]."
"He was ordered to seek out the rebels along the Kama and the Viatka."
"Fundamentally, the doctrine and technique of Kāma go back to primitive antiquity."

Etymology

From Japanese 鎌 (kama, “sickle, scythe”).

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: 鎌, *keh₂-, काम, Kama

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kɑmə/

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Kamas (plural)

Phrases

kama rupa Kama Sutra

Frequently Paired Words

preman Kamasutra

Synonyms

Kamadeva

Rhymes With

obama drama mama lama momma mamma osama comma sama rama yokohama llama

Questions

How do you pronounce kama?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɑmə/.
What does kama mean?: A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds.
Where does kama come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

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