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kamme

kamma

nt nom sg of kamma (noun); nt acc pl of kamma (noun); nt loc sg of kamma (noun)

1. kamma (nt): action; deed; doing
2. kamma (nt): work; job; occupation
3. kamma (nt): (vinaya) legal act; legal procedure; formal action
4. kamma (nt): (gram) object of the verb
5. kamma (nt): (gram) passive voice; lit. action
6. kamma (nt): volitional action
7. kamme (nt): action; deed; doing

Etymology. √kar + ma; from √kar 'do, make'; Sanskrit karman [kṛ]

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

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