كما

كَ‎ (ka, “like”) +‎ مَا‎ (mā, “that”). Cognate with Ge'ez ክመ (kəmä), Hebrew כמו‎.

كَمَا • (kamā)

1. like, as
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:59:

     ‏وَإِذَا بَلَغَ ٱلْأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ ٱلْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا ٱسْتَأْذَنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ‎

     wa-ʾiḏā balaḡa l-ʾaṭfālu minkumu l-ḥuluma falyastaʾḏinū kamā staʾḏana llaḏīna min qablihim

     And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission as those before them have asked.

• مِثْلَمَا‎ (miṯlamā)

• → Swahili: kama

ـكُمَا • (-kumā) m du or f du

1. you, your (masculine or feminine dual bound object pronoun)