qamas

English

Noun

qamas

plural of qama

Bagusa

Noun

qamas

cassowary

References

Mark Donohue, Syntactic and Lexical Factors Conditioning the Diffusion of Sound Change, Oceanic Linguistics 44 (2005), page 428

Kwerba

Noun

qamas

cassowary

References

Mark Donohue, Syntactic and Lexical Factors Conditioning the Diffusion of Sound Change, Oceanic Linguistics 44 (2005), page 428 (used in both Kwerba proper and Anggreso Kwerba)

Maltese

Root
q-m-s
8 terms

Alternative forms

qomos, qames

Etymology

From Arabic قَمَصَ‎ (qamaṣa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʔa.mas/

Verb

qamas (imperfect joqmos, verbal noun qmas or qmis)

to kick
to respond with excitement

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