Golomika (adjective) [inverted diæretic form from Sanskrit gulma = Pāli gumba: viz. °golmika > °golmika > golomika] like a cluster in phrase massuṃ golomikaṃ kārāpeti a kind of beard [Ed.: previously: "to have the beard trimmed into a ball- or cluster shape"] Vin II 134. Buddhaghosa's explanation "like a goat's beard" (Sp 1211; Vinaya Texts III 138) is based on popular etymology go + loma + ika "cow-hair-like," the discrepancy being that go does not mean goat.
(nt, nt, comp) goatee [lit.] cow hair Construction: go + lomika