Pāli Dictionary

gāmaka1

gāmastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • a small village; hamlet

  • MN 52

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando vesāliyaṃ viharati beluvagāmake. tena kho pana samayena dasamo gahapati aṭṭhakanāgaro pāṭaliputtaṃ anuppatto hoti kenaci'd'eva karaṇīyena.

gāmaka2

gāmastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Antonyms

agāmaka

general

  • from the village of; living in the village of

  • DN 16

    assosuṃ kho rāmagāmakā koḷiyā, bhagavā kira kusinārāyaṃ parinibbuto'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 2

gamakā
  1. gama

    going; able to go, leading to (usually as the final member of a compound)

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

gamaekā
  1. gama

    going; able to go, leading to (usually as the final member of a compound)

  2. ekā

    one; first; single; alone; unique

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