Kamama - butterfly - often the name of a pretty girl .

Russian translation: -

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English term or phrase:	Kamama -butterfly-often the name of a pretty girl.
Russian translation:	-
Entered by:	Natalie

22:21 Dec 22, 2003

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English term or phrase: Kamama - butterfly - often the name of a pretty girl .

"Kamama" means butterfly in the language of the Chrokee Indians of the southeastern United States. It was also used by them as a girl's name. Since the consonant 'm' is very rare in their language, this word was probably borrowed from another Indian language like Creek or Alabama.

I was wondering how this would translate in Russian? Any help is greatly appreciated. All of you in the Russian department at Kudoz have done good jobs on my translations in the past and it is sometimes hard to vote for an answer.

Sincerely,
Brian Costello
Seattle, Wa.

Brian Costello

Explanation:
На языке индейцев чероки, живущих на юго-востоке Соединенных Штатов, "Камама" означает "мотылек". Это слово чероки использовали также в качестве женского имени. Поскольку гласная "м" в языке чероки встречается чрезвычайно редко, слово это скорее всего позаимствовано из языка другого индейского племени, возможно, кри или алабама.

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Natalie
Poland
Local time: 06:03

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Thank you very much Natalie for the time you took to translate my paragraph. Really appreciate it. I also enjoy talking with people in Russia and other countries on the internet and exchanging language translations and ideas.
Sincerely,
Brian Costello
Seattle, Wa.
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5 +1

Natalie

4 +2

Kamama - бабочка - часто используется как женское имя

Aeryn (X)

5 +1

Бабочка; Стрекоза

Vera Fluhr (X)

4 +1

Just some info:

Oleg Pashuk (X)

Should read

Rozbicki

""Kamama"(babochka) v yazykye Chiroki ...

Ivan Petryshyn

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Natalie
Poland
Local time: 06:03
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in category: 36

Grading comment

8 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Kamama - бабочка - часто используется как женское имя

Explanation:
I think :)

Aeryn (X)
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Ukrainian

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Бабочка; Стрекоза

Explanation:
Butterfly means бабочка (babochka)

But we never use this word for girl's name, even for a nickname
A pretrty girl sometimes can be named "стрекоза" (strekoza) which means dragonfly

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Note added at 2003-12-22 22:34:17 (GMT)
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Only as a nick name, certainly

Vera Fluhr (X)
Local time: 06:03
Native speaker of:

Russian,

French

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Just some info:

Explanation:

Бабочка in Cherokee language, and it is used as a name (sorry, Vera)

Kamama Spirit Native American Bamboo Flutes
... Kamama is the Cherokee word for butterfly. Like most people I think that
the butterfly is an all around cool state of being in this Great Life. ...
www.kamamaspirit.com/thanks.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Tsalagi (Cherokee) Language (http://www.geocities.com/cohanna1/a ...
... The first column is the English word, with the second column being the Tsalagi (Cherokee)
word. ... elephant. kamama utanu, kamama egwa - great butterfly. ...
www.geocities.com/cohanna1/e.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages

Village of My Ancestors
... (Translate English word into Cherokee). Kimimi. (Sioux for ButterFly). SwiftEagle.
(Lots of information). Photos. (Family pictures). Email me at [email protected] ...
www.geocities.com/kamaria.geo/village.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages
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<html> <head> </head><body><pre><html> <head> </ ...
... M) Native American: Writer Kai-Willow Kajika (M) Native American: Walks without
sound Kamali (F) Mahona: Spirit Guide Kamama (F) Cherokee: Butterfly Kangee (M ...
www.cedarseed.com/nativenames.txt - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

PMC Studio - PMCplus & Dichroic Glass
... KaMaMa" means "butterfly," the symbol of rebirth, in the language of the Cherokee
Indians, says MaryAnn. By MaryAnn Devos. "Dichroic" means two colors. ...
www.pmcguild.com/v42feature3.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

Googlism who is kamama
... kamama. kamama is the cherokee word for butterfly kamama is more likely to talk
smack kamama is awake kamama is a cherokee word with several meanings. ...
www.googlism.com/who_is/k/kamama/ - 12k - Cached - Similar pages

How Do You Say "Butterfly"?
... Chamorro, ababang (thanks to Diane Bachelder). Cherokee (Native American), kamama.
Cheyenne (Native American), hevavahkema. Chinese, hu die. ... English, butterfly. ...
butterflywebsite.com/articles/saybut.htm - 41k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 2003-12-23 02:53:06 (GMT)
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Brief summary of your name: Kamama

Your name of Kamama has given you a desire for self-expression and for positions that allow contact with people, free from the restrictions and monotony into which you are often drawn. Although you desire to be spontaneous and natural, you are often drawn into technical and methodical lines of endeavour and the practical aspects of life. You are friendly by nature, but you cannot enjoy complete ease in association because of a difficulty in expressing yourself.

Female North American Indian baby names
... the degree of influence of the spelling of your name using the ... Kai-Willow | Kai |
Kaitchkma-Winema | Kakawangwa | Kaliska | Kamali | Kamama | Kamaria | Kamata ...
www.kabalarians.com/female/naind-f.htm

Oleg Pashuk (X)

2 days 12 hrs confidence:

Should read

Explanation:
Поскольку СОгласная "м" в языке чероки встречается чрезвычайно редко

Rozbicki
Native speaker of:

Russian

8 days confidence:

""Kamama"(babochka) v yazykye Chiroki ...

Explanation:
In fact, here is no great problem in doing it .

Ivan Petryshyn
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Ukrainian,

Russian

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