kamma

Pali

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Definitions
  • doing, deed, action
  • work, occupation
  • (Buddhism) karma
  • ceremony
  • (archaic) building; weaving action of

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मन् (action, act, performance, activity, work, rite, deed, first member of a compound, duty, doer) inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *kárma inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kárma derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- (do, make, build, construct, a kind of dish pot), *kʷer- (do, make, build, construct, a kind of dish pot).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*kʷer-

Gloss

do, make, build, construct, a kind of dish pot

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

建

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