Rumma (adjective) [put down (rightly) by Geiger, Pāli Grammar §53 as different from Sanskrit rukma (shining); Morris, JPTS 1893, 12 tried the etymology rumma = Sanskrit rumra "tawny," or rukma (rukmin) shiny. It is still an unsolved problem. It may not be far off to trace a relation (by miswriting, dissimilation or false analogy) to ruppa in sense of ruppati, or to ruj, or even rudda. The commentary explanation of all the rumma- and rummin passages is anañjita, i.e. {574} unkempt] miserable, dirty, poorly, in compounds °rūpin Ja IV 387 (= lūkhavesa commentary), with v.l. duma°; and °vāsin poorly dressed Ja IV 380.