kami

Borrowed from Japanese 神 (kami, “god, spirit, deity”).

kami (plural kami)

1. (religion, Shinto) An animistic God or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
2. (philosophy) The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.

Two sheets of kami for origami, and a traditional origami crane.

Borrowed from Japanese 紙 (kami, “paper”).

kami (plural kami)

1. (papercraft) A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

• Mika, maki

From Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we (exclusive of the person spoken to)

• Hyphenation: ka‧mi

Compare kami.

kami

1. we; us (1st person plural exclusive absolutive form)

From Giangan kami.

kami

1. Indonesian cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmanni)

From Malay kami, from Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /kami/

kami

1. we (exclusive); I and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   Kami sudah pergi ke pasar. ― We have been to the market.

2. us (exclusive); me and other(s) but not those I am addressing

   Ibu: "Kamu sekalian sudah di mandi?"
   Anak-anak: "Kami?"

   Mother: "Have you all bathed yet?"
   Children: "Us?"

3. our (exclusive); my and of other(s) but not of those I am addressing

   Adalah cicak besar di dinding kamar hotel kami: tolong bantu di ambil. ― There is a big gecko in our hotel room: please help have it removed.

4. ours (if used with milik, kepunyaan, etc.)

   Hak Milik tanah bangsa Indonesia hanya untuk kami sekalian. ― It is only we [Indonesians] who have the right to own this Indonesian land.

• kita

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

kami

1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

kami

1. Rōmaji transcription of かみ

From Proto-Malayic *kami, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /kami/
• Rhymes: -ami, -mi, -i

kami

1. we, us, our (exclusive)
2. I, me, my

• kita (inclusive)

• Indonesian: kami

From Proto-Slavic *kamy, preserving the reflex of word-final */y/, which was lost in standard words kȃm and kȁmēn.

kami m (Cyrillic spelling ками)

1. (regional, obsolete) stone

• Skok, Petar (1972) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 26

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kami, from Proto-Austronesian *kami.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɪ/ or IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ/ (colloquial)

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kami

1. we; us (exclusive of the person spoken to)

   Nagtatrabaho kami sa isang kumpanya. Ikaw?

   We work at a company. You?

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