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nigame

nigama

masc acc pl of nigama (noun); masc loc sg of nigama (noun); nt acc pl of nigama (noun); nt loc sg of nigama (noun); …

1. nigama (masc): town; market town; lit. going down
2. nigameti (pr): concludes; finishes; sums up; lit. causes to go down
3. nigama (nt): town; market town; lit. going down

Etymology. ni + √gam + a; from √gam 'go'; Sanskrit nigama [nigam]

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

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