kma ܟܡܵܐ

kma is the Assyrian word for how many? how much? — everyday spoken Assyrian (Sureth) of Urmi, a modern Aramaic language.

Computer-generated pronunciation.

Meaning

kma gahe?

ܟܡܵܐ ܓܵܗܸܐ؟

how many times?

kma shenne etlukh?

ܟܡܵܐ ܫܸܢܢܸܐ ܐܸܬܠܘ̣ܚ؟

How old are you?

tima daha kmaile?

ܛܝܼܡܵܐ ܕܵܗܵܐ ܟܡܵ ܐܝܼܠܸܐ؟

How much is the value of this? (= What does this cost?)

kma khmarenva!

ܟܡܵ ܚܡܵܪܸܢܘܵܐ!

What an ass I was! . When used in an exclamatory sense it is sometimes abbreviated to

kut-kma kha-dana … ki-palet.

Every once in a while … he goes out

kut kma kha bayyi azi takhni al-erkhe

ܟܘ̣ܬ ܟܡܵ ܚܵ ܒܵܝܝܝܼ ܐܵܙܝܼ ܬܵܚܢܝܼ ܐܵܠ ܐܸܪܚܸܐ

Every once in a while they need to go to grind (the wheat) on the water-mill

kmat byayena lena bashure

ܟܡܵ ܬ ܒܝܵܝܸܢܵܐ ܠܹܢܵܐ ܒܵܫܘ̣ܪܸܐ

However much they want to, they cannot (do so)

kma t-ila jalde

ܟܡܵ ܛ ܐܝܼܠܵܐ ܓ̃ܵܠܕܸܐ

as quickly as is possible

Source: Khan 2016, vol. 3, p. 121.