kemm

Breton

Noun

kemm m (plural kemmoù)

  1. change

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of kemm
unmutated soft aspirate hard
singular kemm gemm c'hemm unchanged
plural kemmoù gemmoù c'hemmoù unchanged

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

Kabyle

Alternative forms

  • kemmini, kemmi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Berber.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəmː/

Pronoun

kemm f sg

  1. you (second-person feminine singular free pronoun)

See also

Kabyle personal pronouns
Free pronouns
singular plural
1st person m nekk, nekkini nekʷni
f nekkʷenti
2nd person m kečč, keččini kunwi
f kemm, kemmini kunnemti
3rd person m netta nutni, nitni
f nettat nutenti, nitenti
Direct object bound pronouns
singular plural
1st person m iyi
f antaɣ, anteɣ
2nd person m ik ikʷen
f ikem ikʷent
3rd person m it iten
f itt itent

References

  • Association Culturelle Numidya (2025), “Amawal, dictionnaire kabyle-français en ligne”, in Amawal[1], retrieved 2025
  • Dallet, Jean-Marie (1982), Dictionnaire kabyle-français: parler des At Mangellat, Algérie (in French), Paris, France

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic كَمّ (kamm) and كَمْ (kam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛmm/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmm

Determiner

kemm

  1. how much
    Kemm dqiq għandna bżonn?How much flour do we need?

Usage notes

  • For “how many” one normally uses kemm-il + singular noun.

Pronoun

kemm

  1. how much, how many
    Kemm trid?How much do you want?

Conjunction

kemm

  1. as much/many as
    Irrid kemm irrid.I want as many as I need.
  2. both; optionally introduces the first element in the construction “both A and B”, “A as well as B”
    Xorbu kemm birra kif ukoll inbid.They drank both beer and wine.

Adverb

kemm

  1. (with adjective) how
    Kemm hi sabiħa l-ħajja!How beautiful life is!
  2. just
    Synonym: ġast
    Kemm tagħmilha!You just do it!