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牡羊座的卡咪

English translation: Kami who is an Aries

19:47 Jun 17, 2009
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Astronomy & Space
Chinese term or phrase: 牡羊座的卡咪
I'm afraid that this is all the context I have. I know that 牡羊座 is Aries but the 卡咪 is baffling me.

Any help is much appreciated!
Gemma Collinge
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:23
English translation:Kami who is an Aries
Explanation:
I think in this case 卡咪 is likely to be a name (feels like a pet or nickname). Although, I can't be sure since there was not much context. But, 卡咪 is not a word to my knowledge and searching around on the web also yielded no result.
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Erisu
United States
Local time: 11:23
Grading comment
Thank you! I got a confirmation from the client and it is a nickname.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1Kami who is an Aries
Erisu
3 +1man, god
Mandy Tsai


  

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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Kami who is an Aries


Explanation:
I think in this case 卡咪 is likely to be a name (feels like a pet or nickname). Although, I can't be sure since there was not much context. But, 卡咪 is not a word to my knowledge and searching around on the web also yielded no result.

Erisu
United States
Local time: 11:23
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! I got a confirmation from the client and it is a nickname.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  David Smith: I have a friend called Kami, it's a cute name.
3 days 17 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
man, god


Explanation:
I surfed around the net, read some postings, and got the feeling that "卡咪" probably comes from Japanese, as "かみ kami" in old japanese, meaning "god, 神". In another posting, a couple was thinking about adopting a cat. The guy picked the name 卡咪(かみ) for a male cat, and 烏咪(うみ) if it is a female cat.

Mandy Tsai
United States
Local time: 08:23
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sze Man Leung, MCIL, DipTrans (IoLET): Mandy's explanation of "god" sounds reasonable and that Taiwanese might tend to use words from Japanese direct.
1 day 21 hrs
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