Etymograph

English

kama

Kama comes from Japanese 鎌 ‘sickle, scythe’.

  1. Japanesemodern鎌kama‘sickle, scythe’
  2. Englishtodaykama

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Japanesemodern鎌kama‘sickle, scythe’
  2. Englishtodaykama

Every English word from Japanese 鎌

Another origin of kama

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keh₂-‘to desire, wish’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kóh₂mos‘desire’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2500–1800 BCE*káHmas‘desire’reconstructed
  4. Sanskritc. 1500–500 BCEकामkā́ma‘wish, desire, longing’
  5. Englishtodaykama

Today it means

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

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Japanese 鎌 / kama

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