кәмә

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *gẹ̄mi (“boat, vessel”).

Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (kemä, “boat”), Kyrgyz кеме (keme, “ship”), Uzbek kema (“ship”), Shor кебе (“boat”), Tuvan хеме (hämä, “boat”), Azerbaijani gəmi, Turkish gemi, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kæˈmæ]
• Hyphenation: кә‧мә

Noun

кәмә • (kämä)

1. boat

   Елкәнле кәмә.

   Yelkänle kämä.

   Sail boat.

   Кәмә ҡамышҡа терәлеп туҡтаны.

   Kämä qamïšqa terälep tuqtanï.

   The boat got caught in the cattail and stopped.

2. (rare) any water vehicle

   Ысынлап та, Туфан һыуы тартылғас, Нух кәмәһен ҡайҙа килтереп терәй икән?

   Ïsïnlap ta, Tufan hïwï tartïlğas, Nux kämähen qayða kilterep teräy ikän?

   As a matter of fact, where did Noah land his boat (=ark) when the Deluge' waters subsided?