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khamo

khama

masc nom sg of khama (adj); aor 2nd sg of khami (verb)

1. khama (adj): patient (with); forbearing (with); enduring (of); tolerant (of)
2. khama (adj): fit (for); capable (of); suitable (for)
3. khami (aor): was patient, endured, forbore, pardoned

Built from

• kha — root · bear, endure
  The root √kham carries the concrete image of ground or a vessel yielding or giving way under pressure, then of the mind yielding—becoming patient and forbearing rather than resisting.
• m — ending · 3rd sg aor middle
  The -m ending marks the aorist 2nd singular active: 'you bore, you endured'.

Etymology. Root √kham, 'to bear, endure, be patient'; cognate with Sanskrit kṣam-, Greek χάζω (khazō) 'to give way', and English 'chasm' (originally 'opening, gap' from sense of yielding ground). The sense shifts from spatial 'giving way, yielding' to temporal 'bearing up under, putting up with'.

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

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