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byāmo

byāma

masc nom sg of byāma (noun)

1. fathom; measure of length; from head to foot, or two arms extended

Etymology. vi > vy > by + √yam > yām + *a; from √yam 'support, stretch'; Sanskrit vyāma [viyam]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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