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English
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Etymology 1
[edit]Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæmɪs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]camas (plural camases or camas)
- Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.
- 1942, Emily Carr, “James' Bay and Dallas Road”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
- There were stretches of fine, soft grass on the cliffs and great patches of camass and buttercups.
Alternative forms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]plant
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈkɑːməz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]camas
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Verb
[edit]camas
- second-person singular past historic of camer
Galician
[edit]Noun
[edit]camas
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]camās
- accusative plural of cama
Norman
[edit]Etymology
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Noun
[edit]camas m (uncountable)
Portuguese
[edit]Noun
[edit]camas
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]camas f pl
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- English terms borrowed from Chinook Jargon
- English terms derived from Chinook Jargon
- English terms borrowed from Nootka
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- en:Agavoideae subfamily plants
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- Galician non-lemma forms
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- Guernsey Norman
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