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sukhumo

sukhuma

masc nom sg of sukhuma (adj)

1. fine; subtle; refined
2. fine quality; exquisite

Built from

• su- — prefix · well, good
  Concrete imagery of smoothness and ease; cognate with Greek eu-, the same Indo-European root.
• hu — root · to be, become
  Ancient root meaning existence or flourishing; cognate with English 'be'.
• -ma — ending · adjective suffix
  Forms adjectives denoting quality or state; here, 'being well' becomes the quality of fineness.

Etymology. su- (well, good) + √hu (to be, become) + -ma (adjective suffix). Related to sukha (ease, happiness); the concrete sense is 'well-being' refined to 'fine, delicate'. Cognate with Greek eu- (good, as in eulogy); the root √hu is ancestral to English 'be'.

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

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