# cam
## Translingual
### Symbol

cam
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Cèmuhî.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Cèmuhî terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kæm]
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -æm

### Etymology 1

* PIE word
* *ǵómbʰos
Recorded since the 16th century, from Dutch kam (“cog of a wheel; originally, comb”) (cognate with English comb, and preserved in modern Dutch compounds such as kamrad, kamwiel (“cog wheel”)). Doublet of comb.

#### Noun

cam (plural cams)
* A turning or sliding piece which imparts motion to a rod, lever or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it.
* A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together.
* (UK, dialect) A ridge or mound of earth.
** 1861, Dean Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:Cum doun t' cam' soid
* (climbing) A spring-loaded camming device, a spring-loaded device for effecting a temporary belay in a rock crevice.

##### Derived terms

* cam band
* cambelt
* cambox
* cam out
* camshaft
* camwheel
* heart cam
* overhead cam
* rock cam
* twincam
* twin-cam
* variable cam timing

##### Descendants

* → Welsh: cam

##### Translations
#### See also

* cam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Spring-loaded camming device on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

Clipping of camera.

#### Noun

cam (plural cams)
* (informal) Camera.

##### Derived terms

* beachcam
* bibcam
* birdcam
* bodycam
* camback
* camboy
* camcorder
* camgirl
* cammer
* camming
* camphone
* camsite
* camwhore
* camwhoring
* copcam
* crittercam
* cubcam
* dashcam
* dash cam
* face cam
* facecam
* fancam
* fishcam
* handicam
* headcam
* helmetcam
* holocam
* hovercam
* kiss cam
* minicam
* nanny cam
* nanocam
* nestcam
* netcam
* phonecam
* recam
* security cam
* shakycam
* skycam
* spycam
* Steadicam
* stump cam
* trailcam
* videocam
* webcam

##### Translations
#### Verb

cam (third-person singular simple present cams, present participle camming, simple past and past participle cammed)
* To go on webcam with someone.

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

cam (comparative more cam, superlative most cam)
* Alternative form of kam

### Further reading

* “cam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### See also

* slick cam

### Anagrams

* ACM, AMC, C.M.A., CMA, MAC, MCA, Mac, Mac-, Mac., mac

## Acholi
### Noun

cam
* food

## Caló
### Etymology

Inherited from Romani kham, from Prakrit 𑀖𑀫𑁆𑀫 (ghamma), from Sanskrit घ॒र्म (gharmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰarmás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- + *-mós.

### Noun

cam m (plural cames)
* (astronomy) sun
    Synonym: ocán

### References

* “cam” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 26.
* “cam” in Francisco Quindalé, Diccionario gitano, Madrid: Oficina Tipográfica del Hospicio.
* “cam” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English cam, clipping of camera.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): kem$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kem$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kem$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kém$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰɛːm⁵⁵/

### Noun

cam
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) camera, especially for filming, computing or surveillance purposes (Classifier: 部 c; 支 c; 隻／只 c; 個／个 c)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 相機, 照相機, 攝影機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 照相機, 相匣子 dated |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 照相機 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 照相兒機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 照相機 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 相機, 照相機 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 照相機 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 拍相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 照相機 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 照相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 相機, 影相機, cam |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Taishan (Guanghai) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 影相機 |
| Cantonese | Mandalay (Taishan) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 照相機, 影相機, 攝影機 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 照相機 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 影相機 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 相機 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 照相機, 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 翕相機, 照相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 翕相機, 卡麥拉 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 照相機 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 照相機 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 相機, 照相機 |
| Jin | Datong | 照相機 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 照相機 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 照相機 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 照相機 |
| Jin | Linhe | 照相機 |
| Jin | Jining | 照相機 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 照相機 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 照相機 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 照相機 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 照相機 |
| Jin | Handan | 照相機 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 照相機 |
| Jin | Suide | 照相機 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 照相機 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 䀹相機 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 像機, 翕像機, 照像機 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 像機 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 像機, 影櫃仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 翕影機 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 翕像機, kha-mé-lah GT |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 翕像機 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 小影機 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 像機 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 像機 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 照相機, 耗相機 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 影相機 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 照相機 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 照相機 |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) | GT - General Taiwanese (no particular region identified) |

#### Derived terms

* cam man
* 揸cam
* 車cam / 车cam

### Verb

cam
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) to monitor or surveil with a camera

## French
### Etymology

From English cam, a shortening of camera.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kam/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cam f (plural cams)
* (cinematography) cam (device for filming)

### Noun

cam m (uncountable)
* (military, nautical) contre-amiral (rear admiral (RAdm))

#### Alternative forms

* CAm (contre-amiral)

### Anagrams

* AMC

## Galician
### Noun

cam m (plural cans, reintegrationist norm)
* reintegrationist spelling of can

### References

* “cam” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Malay cam. From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃam/, [ˈt͡ʃam]

### Verb

cam
* (only with a negative) to be interested; to be taken by

#### Derived terms

* camkan
* dicamkan
* mengecamkan
* pengecaman

### Further reading

* “cam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish camm. The sense “bent, gay” is a semantic loan from English bent.

### Pronunciation

* (Waterford, Cork) IPA: /kaumˠ/
* (Kerry) IPA: /koumˠ/
* (Galway) IPA: /kɑːmˠ/
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /kamˠ/

### Adjective

cam (genitive singular masculine caim, genitive singular feminine caime, plural cama, comparative caime)
* crooked
* (offensive) bent (homosexual)
    Synonym: lúbtha

#### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

#### Derived terms

* caime f (“crookedness”)
* camchosach (“bandy-legged”, adjective)
* cam-mhuin f (“wryneck”)

#### Related terms

* camán m (“shinty stick”)
* camóg f (“crook”)

#### Descendants

* → Yola: caam

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 111, page 23
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 99, page 29; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 33, page 40
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 149
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 432, page 161
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Malay
### Etymology

From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Urak Lawoi' จับ (cap, “to remember”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃam/ [ˈt͡ʃam]

### Verb

cam (Jawi spelling چم)
* to recognize by sight; to identify; to remember what has been seen
    Synonym: kenal pasti

#### Derived terms

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* pengecaman
* camkan
* mengecamkan
* dicamkan

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: cam

### Further reading

* “cam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Manx
### Etymology

From Old Irish camm.

### Adjective

cam (plural cammey)
* crooked
* deformed
* deceitful
* knotty (of wood)

### Verb

cam (verbal noun cammey, past participle cammit)
* bow, distort, hook (as finger), crank (of object)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Northern Kurdish
### Etymology

Related to Persian جام (jâm).

### Noun

cam f
* glass

## Old Irish
### Adjective

cam
* Alternative spelling of camm

#### Declension

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin quam, or more likely from camai, from Latin quam magis.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adverb

cam
* approximately, a little
* rather
    Lacul ăsta e cam murdar.This lake is rather dirty.

#### Related terms

* ca

## Scots
### Verb

cam
* past of come

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish camm.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰaum/, [kʰãũm~kʰæ̃ũm]

### Adjective

cam
* crooked, askew

#### Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
| Nominative | cam | cham | cama |
| Vocative | chaim | chaim | cama |
| Genitive | chaim | chaim/caime | cam |
| Dative | cham | chaim | cama |
Comparative/superlative: caime

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

## Southwestern Dinka
### Noun

cam
* food

### References

* Dinka-English Dictionary‎, 2005

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [kaːm˧˥]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [kaːm˦]

### Etymology 1

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Cognates in varieties not in Vietnam would suggest earlier borrowing, but I can't find Nôm Tày characters for this.”

#### Noun

(Classifiers: mạy or mác) cam
* orange
    bủi mác cam ― slices of orange

##### Derived terms

* cam chỉa
* cam slành
* cam tổng

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Calque or borrowing from Vietnamese?”)

#### Noun

cam
* a vague kind of mouth ache, typically found in children
    Đếch nọi pền cam.The children got mouthaches.
    cam cưa, cam nồm ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

##### Derived terms

* cam lòn
* mạ lò cam

### Etymology 3
#### Particle

cam
* (topicalizer) as for ..., it is/does/will ...
    Synonym: te̱
    Cần cam lai cần cam nọi.Some people have too much, some people have too little.

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish جام (cam), from Persian جام (jâm).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dʒam/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cam (definite accusative camı, plural camlar)
* glass
    Synonym: sırça
* (informal) window
    Synonym: pencere

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
cam
camlar
definite accusative
camı
camları
dative
cama
camlara
locative
camda
camlarda
ablative
camdan
camlardan
genitive
camın
camların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
camım
camlarım
2nd singular
camın
camların
3rd singular
camı
camları
1st plural
camımız
camlarımız
2nd plural
camınız
camlarınız
3rd plural
camları
camları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
camımı
camlarımı
2nd singular
camını
camlarını
3rd singular
camını
camlarını
1st plural
camımızı
camlarımızı
2nd plural
camınızı
camlarınızı
3rd plural
camlarını
camlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
camıma
camlarıma
2nd singular
camına
camlarına
3rd singular
camına
camlarına
1st plural
camımıza
camlarımıza
2nd plural
camınıza
camlarınıza
3rd plural
camlarına
camlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
camımda
camlarımda
2nd singular
camında
camlarında
3rd singular
camında
camlarında
1st plural
camımızda
camlarımızda
2nd plural
camınızda
camlarınızda
3rd plural
camlarında
camlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
camımdan
camlarımdan
2nd singular
camından
camlarından
3rd singular
camından
camlarından
1st plural
camımızdan
camlarımızdan
2nd plural
camınızdan
camlarınızdan
3rd plural
camlarından
camlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
camımın
camlarımın
2nd singular
camının
camlarının
3rd singular
camının
camlarının
1st plural
camımızın
camlarımızın
2nd plural
camınızın
camlarınızın
3rd plural
camlarının
camlarının
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
camım
camlarım
2nd singular
camsın
camlarsın
3rd singular
cam camdır
camlar camlardır
1st plural
camız
camlarız
2nd plural
camsınız
camlarsınız
3rd plural
camlar
camlardır :

#### Derived terms

* camcı

### Adjective

cam
* of glass

#### Declension

For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [kaːm˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [kaːm˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [kaːm˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 柑 (“orange”).

#### Noun

(classifier cây, trái, quả) cam
* orange, such as Citrus × sinensis or Citrus aurantium (bitter orange)
* Short for cam sành (“Citrus reticulata × sinensis”).

##### Derived terms

* cam chanh
* cam sành
* quýt làm cam chịu

#### Adjective

cam
* made of oranges
* (màu ~) of the colour orange

##### Derived terms

* bánh cam
* cánh cam
* da cam

##### See also

Colors in Vietnamese · màu sắc (layout · text) :
| trắng | xám | đen |
| đỏ; thắm, thẫm | cam; nâu | vàng; kem |
| vàng chanh | xanh, xanh lá cây, xanh lục, lục | xanh bạc hà; xanh lục đậm |
| xanh lơ, hồ thuỷ; xanh mòng két | xanh, xanh da trời, thiên thanh | xanh, xanh dương, xanh nước biển, xanh lam, lam |
| tím; chàm | tía | hồng |

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cam
* Short for camera.

### Etymology 3

Sino-Vietnamese word from 甘 (“sweet”).

#### Verb

cam
* (chiefly in compounds) to be content with
* (only in compounds) to pledge, to guarantee

##### Derived terms

* cam chịu
* cam đoan
* cam kết
* cam lòng
* cam phận
* cam tâm

#### Romanization

cam
* Sino-Vietnamese reading of 甘

##### Derived terms

* cam thảo
* đồng cam cộng khổ
* khổ tận cam lai

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kam/
* Rhymes: -am

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kanksman, *kanxsman, from *kengeti.

#### Noun

cam m (plural camau)
* step, pace, footstep
    Synonyms: camre, pas
* footfall (sound made by a footstep)
* footprint
    Synonym: ôl troed
* step (of a process), stage, phase
    Synonyms: gradd, adeg, pwynt, cyfnod

##### Derived terms

* ar y cam (“at walking pace”)
* cam a cham (“step by step”)
* cam ceiliog (“the lengthening daylight between the winter solstice and Christmas”)
* cam gwag (“misstep, stumbling”)
* camfa (“stile”)
* camre (“journey, walk, footstep”)
* camu (“to step”)
* cochgam (“robin”)
* y cam cyntaf yw’r cam gorau (“the sooner the better”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Brythonic *kam, from Proto-Celtic *kambos.

#### Adjective

cam (feminine singular cam, plural ceimion, equative camed, comparative camach, superlative camaf)
* bent, crooked, distorted
    Synonym: gŵyr
* wrong, false, incorrect
    Gweithio yn gam ― To do incorrectly
* wrong, unjust
* one-eyed, squint-eyed

##### Derived terms

* ar gam (“in error, astray, falsely”)
* ar y cam (“in the wrong”)
* cam a chwys (“right and wrong”)
* cam neu gymwys (“rightly or wrongly”)
* cam-
* camu (“to bend, to distort, to abuse”)
* camwedd (“injustice”)
* coesgam (“bowlegged”)
* edrych yn gam ar (“to frown upon”)
* yng ngham (“at fault, faulty”)

#### Noun

cam m (plural camau)
* wrong, misdeed
    Synonyms: camwedd, pechod

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English cam.

#### Noun

cam m (plural camau)
* cam

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Yola
### Verb

cam
* Alternative form of caame
** 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 5:Yola Vather Deruse hay raree cam thoare,Old Father Devereux early came there,

### References

* Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *c.raːmᴬ (“to ask”). Cognate with Thai ถาม (tǎam), Northern Thai ᨳᩣ᩠ᨾ, Lao ຖາມ (thām), Lü ᦏᦱᧄ (ṫhaam), Shan ထၢမ် (thǎam), Ahom 𑜌𑜪 (thaṃ), 𑜌𑜉𑜫 (tham) or 𑜌𑜢𑜤𑜉𑜫 (thüm), Saek ถ่าม.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /ɕaːm˨˦/
* Tone numbers: cam$^1$
* Hyphenation: cam

### Verb

cam (Sawndip forms 𰇼 or 𭆻 or 𭈧 or 𠮿 or 仨 or 𮞁, 1957–1982 spelling cam)
* to ask (to request an answer)
* to inquire; to ask
* to ask for instructions