feminine · chamā 1 · chamā 2
ground
Chamā (feminine) [from kṣam, cf. khamati. It remains doubtful how Dhātum (553, 555) came to define the root cham (= kṣam) as 1. hīḷane and 2. adane] the earth; only in oblique cases, used as adverb instrumental chamā on the ground, to the ground (= Vedic kṣamā) M I 387; D III 6; Ja III 232; IV 285; VI 89, 528; Vv 41 4 (Vv-a 183; bhūmiyaṃ); Thig 17; 112 (Thig-a 116: chamāyaṃ); Pv IV 5 3 (Pv-a 260: bhūmiyaṃ). — locative chamāyaṃ Vin I 118; A I 215; Snp 401; Vism 18; Thig-a 116; chamāya Vin II 214.
on the earth; on the ground; on to the ground; the earth; the ground
【陰】 地，土地。
(fem, fem) earth; ground; floor earth, ground Construction: √kham > cham + ā
(ind, ind, adv) onto the earth; on the ground; in the ground Construction: √kham > cham + ā + (ya) > chamā