bhumma

See also: bhummā

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀪𑀼𑀫𑁆𑀫 (Brahmi script)
• भुम्म (Devanagari script)
• ভুম্ম (Bengali script)
• භුම‍්ම (Sinhalese script)
• ဘုမ္မ or ꧤုမ္မ or ꧤုမ်မ (Burmese script)
• ภุมฺม or ภุมมะ (Thai script)
• ᨽᩩᨾ᩠ᨾ (Tai Tham script)
• ຠຸມ຺ມ or ຠຸມມະ (Lao script)
• ភុម្ម (Khmer script)
• 𑄞𑄪𑄟𑄴𑄟 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Probably bhūmi (“ground”) +‎ -ya; see Sanskrit भूम्य (bhūmya) for discussion of formation.

Adjective

bhumma

1. terrestrial

Declension

Declension table of "bhumma" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhummo	bhummā
Accusative (second)	bhummaṃ	bhumme
Instrumental (third)	bhummena	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Dative (fourth)	bhummassa or bhummāya or bhummatthaṃ	bhummānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhummasmā or bhummamhā or bhummā	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhummassa	bhummānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhummasmiṃ or bhummamhi or bhumme	bhummesu
Vocative (calling)	bhumma	bhummā

Declension table of "bhumma" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhummaṃ	bhummāni
Accusative (second)	bhummaṃ	bhummāni
Instrumental (third)	bhummena	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Dative (fourth)	bhummassa or bhummāya or bhummatthaṃ	bhummānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhummasmā or bhummamhā or bhummā	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhummassa	bhummānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhummasmiṃ or bhummamhi or bhumme	bhummesu
Vocative (calling)	bhumma	bhummāni

Noun

bhumma n

1. ground
2. floor
3. soil

Declension

Declension table of "bhumma" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhummaṃ	bhummāni
Accusative (second)	bhummaṃ	bhummāni
Instrumental (third)	bhummena	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Dative (fourth)	bhummassa or bhummāya or bhummatthaṃ	bhummānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhummasmā or bhummamhā or bhummā	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhummassa	bhummānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhummasmiṃ or bhummamhi or bhumme	bhummesu
Vocative (calling)	bhumma	bhummāni

Noun

bhumma m

1. earth god

Usage notes

Only used in the plural.

Declension

Declension table of "bhumma" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhummā
Accusative (second)	bhumme
Instrumental (third)	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Dative (fourth)	bhummānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhummehi or bhummebhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhummānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhummesu
Vocative (calling)	bhummā

Descendants

• → Burmese: ဘုမ္မစိုး (bhumma.cui:)

References

Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “bhumma”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead