krama

See also: kräma

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Khmer ក្រមា (krɑmaa).

Noun

krama (countable and uncountable, plural krama or kramas)

1. A traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf or bandana or to carry children.

Translations

a traditional Cambodian garment with many uses

• Khmer: ក្រមារ (krɑmaa)
• Russian: кра́ма (ru) f (kráma)

Anagrams

• karma, Makar, Karma, Marak, makar, Karam, Marka

Balinese

Romanization

krama

1. Romanization of ᬓ᭄ᬭᬫ

Indonesian

Noun

krama (plural krama-krama)

1. nonstandard spelling of kromo.

Javanese

Romanization

krama

1. Romanization of ꦏꦿꦩ

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्रम (krama, “custom, law, system”).

Noun

krama

1. course, order
2. state, condition
3. conduct, behaviour
4. custom
5. thereupon, then; duly

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦏꦿꦩ (krama)
  • Banyumasan: krama
  • → Indonesian: kromo
• Osing: krama
• → Balinese: ᬓ᭄ᬭᬫ (krama)

References

• "krama" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
• → Tengger: krama

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kram. First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krǎːma/
• Hyphenation: kra‧ma

Noun

kráma f (Cyrillic spelling кра́ма)

1. junk, trash (old, worn or used things)

Declension

Declension of krama

	singular	plural
nominative	krama	krame
genitive	krame	krama
dative	krami	kramama
accusative	kramu	krame
vocative	kramo	krame
locative	krami	kramama
instrumental	kramom	kramama

Further reading

• “krama”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

krama

1. inflection of kram:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Verb

krama (present kramar, preterite kramade, supine kramat, imperative krama)

1. to hug (embrace)
2. to squeeze, to press (from all directions around contemporarily)

   Krama ur vattnet ur de rivna morötterna

   Squeeze the water out of the grated carrots

Conjugation

Conjugation of krama (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	krama		kramas
Supine	kramat		kramats
Imperative	krama		—
Imper. plural1	kramen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	kramar	kramade	kramas	kramades
Ind. plural1	krama	kramade	kramas	kramades
Subjunctive2	krame	kramade	krames	kramades
	Participles
Present participle	kramande
Past participle	kramad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kramsnö

Related terms

• kram
• krama ur
• kramas
• urkrama
• kjama

References

• krama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• krama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• krama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• makar