Meanings
komi1
- uncountablegoBonus points given to the white player to compensate for the fact that black plays first.
Komi2
- A Finno-Ugric language currently spoken by 200,000 to 400,000 people, depending on source and definition of "speaker", in northeastern European part of Russia.
- A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Komi Republic.
Synonyms: Komi-Zyrian, Zyrian, Zyryan
plural Komis
- A member of an ethnic group chiefly consisting of Komi speakers and descendants of Komi speakers who don't speak the language.
In 1376 he set out to establish his mission among the Komi people of the Perm’ region, and achieved enough success for the Metropolitan to make him bishop […].
2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, page 519Synonyms: Zyrian
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Komi Republic.
nounA member of an ethnic group chiefly consisting of Komi speakers and descendants of Komi speakers who don't speak the language.
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Origin
komi · noun
- Japaneseこみ
- Englishkomi
Borrowed from Japanese こみ (komi).
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Full word history & related roots →Komi · proper noun, noun
- Russianкоми
- EnglishKomi
An endonym, used by the Finno-Permic Komi people to refer to themselves, probably through Russian коми (komi). See Komi-Zyrian коми (komi) for further etymology.
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Arabic كُومِي
- كُومِي (kūmī)republic
Bulgarian Коми
- Коми (Komi)republic
Catalan ziriè, komi
- zirièlanguage
- komilanguage
- Komirepublic
- komiperson
Chinese Cantonese 貼目 /贴目
- 貼目 /贴目 (tip³muk⁶)bonus points
Chinese Mandarin 貼目 /贴目, 可米語 /可米语
- 貼目 /贴目 (tiēmù)bonus points
- 可米語 /可米语 (Kěmǐ yǔ)language
- 科米 (Kēmǐ)republic
- 科米共和國 /科米共和国 (Kēmǐ Gònghéguó)republic
- 可米人 (Kēmǐ rén)person
- 科米人 (Kēmǐ rén)ethnic group (plural)
Czech komijština, Komijec
- komijštinalanguage
- Komijecperson
- Komijciethnic group (plural)
Danish Komi, Komi
- Komilanguage
- Komirepublic
- Komiethnic group (plural)
Estonian komi keel
- komi keellanguage
Finnish komi, syrjääni
- komilanguage
- syrjäänilanguage
- Komirepublic
- Komin tasavaltarepublic
- komiperson
- syrjääniperson
- komitethnic group (plural)
- syrjäänitethnic group (plural)
German Komi
- Komilanguage
Hindi कोमी
- कोमी (komī)language
Hungarian komi nyelv, komi
- komi nyelvlanguage
- komilanguage
- Komiföldrepublic
- Komi Köztársaságrepublic
- komiperson
- zürjénperson
- komiethnic group (plural)
- zürjénethnic group (plural)
Icelandic komíska
- komískalanguage
Irish Coimis, Coimí
- Coimislanguage
- Coimírepublic
- Coimíochperson
- Coimíghethnic group (plural)
Japanese こみ, コミ語
- こみbonus points
- コミ語 (Komi go)language
- コミ (Komi)republic
- コミ共和国 (Komi Kyōwakoku)republic
- コミ人 (Komi jin)person
- コミ人 (Komi jin)ethnic group (plural)
Korean 덤, 코미어
- 덤 (deom)bonus points
- 코미어 (komieo)language
Latvian komiešu, komi
- komiešulanguage
- komiethnic group (plural)
Polish komi, język komi
- komibonus points
- język komilanguage
- Komirepublic
- Komiperson
- Komiethnic group (plural)
Russian ко́ми, Ко́ми
- ко́ми (kómi)language
- Ко́ми (Kómi)republic
- ко́ми (kómi)person
- ко́ми (kómi)ethnic group (plural)
Slovak komijčina, Komijec
- komijčinalanguage
- Komijecethnic group (plural)
- Komijciethnic group (plural)
Spanish komi
- komilanguage
Swedish komi, Komi
- komilanguage
- Komirepublic
Thai โคมี
- โคมี (koo-mîi)republic
Ukrainian Ко́мі
- Ко́мі (Kómi)republic
Vietnamese tiếng Komi
- tiếng Komilanguage
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Cite this entry
komi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komi
“komi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komi. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “komi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/komi.
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