kom

Etymology

From Dutch komen.

Verb

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

1. come

Noun

kom

1. water

References

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

kom

1. imperative of komme
2. past tense of komme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/

• audio

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Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Anagrams

• mok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoːm]

Verb

kom

1. first-person singular past of koma
2. third-person singular past of koma

   hann kom aftur

   he came back

   • hann kom, sá og sigraði

     veni, vidi, vici (Julius Caesar)

3. imperative of koma

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

   dear mummy, come now and sit beside me!

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.

See also

• quale

References

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. simple past of komme
2. imperative of komme

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Verb

kom

1. past tense of koma, kome, komma and komme
2. imperative of koma, kome, komma and komme

Conjunction

kom

1. (subordinating) as

Preposition

kom

1. as (in the role of)

Related terms

• kam

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)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔm/

• Audio

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Verb

kom

1. past tense of komma.
2. imperative of komma.

Etymology

From English comb.

Noun

kom

1. comb
2. horn of an animal

Alternative forms

• kam

Pronoun

kom

1. who