camas

See also: Camas and Çamaş

English

A camas in bloom

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Chinook Jargon qamaš, qawaš (“camas”), from Nootka qawaš (“camas”), or perhaps from Nez Perce qém̓es (“camas”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæmɪs/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æmɪs

Noun

camas (plural camases or camas)

1. 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

• cammas, camass, quamash

Derived terms

• Camas County
• camas pocket gopher
• camas rat
• death camas

 

Translations

plant

• Bulgarian: камасия f (kamasija)
• Chinook Jargon: qamaš, qawaš
• Halkomelem: sk'ámeth

  Vancouver Island: please add this translation if you can

• Nez Perce: qém̓es
• Nootka: qawaš
• Saanich: ḰȽO¸EL, SPÁÁNW̱

Etymology 2

From cama +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑːməz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

camas

1. plural of cama

Anagrams

• AACSM

French

Verb

camas

1. second-person singular past historic of camer

Galician

Noun

camas

1. plural of cama

Latin

Noun

camās

1. accusative plural of cama

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

camas m (uncountable)

1. (Guernsey) noise

Portuguese

Noun

camas

1. plural of cama

Spanish

Noun

camas f pl

1. plural of cama