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lomesu

loma

masc loc pl of loma (noun); nt loc pl of loma (noun); masc loc pl of loma (adj); nt loc pl of loma (adj)

1. body hair
2. body hair
3. fur; fleece; wool; animal hair
4. pelt; hide
5. with hair; having (a kind of) hair; -haired
6. (of a fish) with scales

Etymology. From Indo-European *wel- 'to pull, pluck', also 'wool' (English wool, German Wolle, Latin vellus 'fleece'). Pali loma reflects the basic meaning of hair as something plucked or grown from the skin; cognate with Sanskrit loma.

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

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