gamu
Japanese
Romanization
gamu
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀕𑀫𑀼 (Brahmi script)
- गमु (Devanagari script)
- গমু (Bengali script)
- ගමු (Sinhalese script)
- ဂမု or ၷမု (Burmese script)
- คมุ or คะมุ (Thai script)
- ᨣᨾᩩ (Tai Tham script)
- ຄມຸ or ຄະມຸ (Lao script)
- គមុ (Khmer script)
- 𑄉𑄟𑄪 (Chakma script)
Etymology
Extracted from forms of gacchati.
Noun
gamu ?
- The Pali root gam
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- गमु इच्चेदस्स धातुस्स अन्तो मकारो च्छो होति वा सब्बासु पच्चयविभत्तीसु।
- Gamu[ ]iccetassa dhātussa anto makāro ccho hoti vā sabbāsu paccayavibhattīsu.
- The final m of the root gamu is optionally changed into cch, if any suffix or verbal termination follows:
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][2] (overall work in Pali), page 296; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- गमुस्स घम्मं॥२०॥
गमु इच्चेतस्स धातुस्स सब्बस्स घम्मादेसो होति वा।- 20. Gamussa ghammaṃ.
Gamu iccetassa dhātussa sabbassa ghammādeso hoti vā. - 'Ghamm' from 'gam'.
'Gam': every instance of this root may be changed 'to ghamm'.
- 20. Gamussa ghammaṃ.
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][3] (overall work in Pali), page 285; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- गमिस्सन्तो च्छो वा सब्बासु ॥१८॥.
- 19. Gamissanto ccho vā sabbāsu.
- The final of gam may be ccha everywhere.
Declension
Declension table of "gamu"
| Case \ Number | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | gamu |
| Genitive (sixth) | gamussa or gamissa |
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
gamu class IX (plural gamu class X)
- gum (sticky substance)
Ternate
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡa.mu]
Noun
gamu
Alternative forms
- gam (with vowel deletion)
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh, page 26
Wulguru
Noun
gamu
- (Mulgu and mainland dialects) water
- gaga gumu : water unsuitable for drinking
Synonyms
- dhalmal (Buluguyban dialect)
Further reading
- Mark Donohue, Wulguru: A Salvage Study of a North-Eastern Australian Language (2007)