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kamis

kamis is the plural of kami.

kamis is the alternative spelling of kamees.

Meaning of kami

Noun (1)

kami (plural kamis or kami)

  1. An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.
    • Chanting the mantra of the fire kami, they called to the blaze, summoning the heart of each flickering flame to life.2000, Ree Soesbee, “Armies on the March”, in The Crane (Legend of the Five Rings), Renton, Wash.: Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN, page 96
  2. The metaphysical causal generator of motion, life, or divinish aura.

Noun (2)

kami (plural kami)

  1. A basic origami paper, usually printed with a colour or pattern on one side.

See all 6 meanings of kami

Meaning of kamees

Noun

kamees (plural kamees or kameeses)

  1. A long, loose shirt or blouse worn in some South Asian and Islamic countries.
    • Komal caresses the edge of her kameez with her fingers.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 125

Questions about kamis

What is kamis the plural of?
Kamis is the plural of kami.

Words near kamis in the dictionary

  1. Kaminskis
  2. Kaminsky
  3. Kaminskys
  4. kamiokite
  5. kamioshi
  6. kamis
  7. Kamisato
  8. Kamisatoes
  9. Kamisatos
  10. kamish
  11. kamishes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kamis (page history and authors); kami (page history and authors); kamees (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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