gamu

Japanese

Romanization

gamu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ガム

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 ?

1. 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'.

   • 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

Borrowed from English gum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

gamu class IX (plural gamu class X)

1. gum (sticky substance)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡa.mu]

Noun

gamu

1. village

   Synonym: limau

   ngofa gamu ― native of the place (literally, “child village”)

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

1. (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)