adjective & masculine · negama 1 · negama 2
(one) who lives in a small town; a townsman; a (leading) trader or merchant; the inhabitants of a small town; the townspeople
Negama (adjective/noun) [from nigama] the inhabitant of a (small) town; citizen; also collective = jana, people Vin I 268, 273; D I 136, 139; Ja IV 121; VI 493; Dāṭh III 3; Sv I 297. Often combined with °jānapadā (plural) "townsmen and countryfolk" S I 89; D III 148, 172; Ja 149.
【形】 屬於市鎮的。【陽】 鎮議會。
(adj, adj, from nigama) urban; from a town belonging to a market-town Construction: ni > ne + √gam + a + *a nigama + *a
(masc, masc, from nigama) town-council; urban council town-council; urban council Construction: ni > ne + √gam + a + *a nigama + *a