"kam" meaning in Hausa

See kam in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kám/, [kám] (note: Standard Kano Hausa)
Head templates: {{head|ha|ideophone|head=kam|sort=}} kam, {{ha-pos|ideophone|kam}} kam
  1. firmly, tightly
    Sense id: en-kam-ha-noun-4TZCF9AO
  2. adamant, insistent
    Sense id: en-kam-ha-noun-ssP12DvE Categories (other): Hausa entries with incorrect language header, Hausa ideophones Disambiguation of Hausa entries with incorrect language header: 12 88 Disambiguation of Hausa ideophones: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kam-kam

Alternative forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Hausa dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (f889f65 and 8fbd9e8). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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