Common Lexeme

tamo

Keywords: plants, landscaping

Pronunciation (IPA): 'ta.mo 
Part of Speech: term noun verb 
Class: pali 
Forms: tamo, tamos 
Glosses: grass, grassy, blade of grass, graze, mow, marijuana, cannabis 

Description:

The term 'tamo' means a blade of grass, or a single grass plant.

Noun:

As a noun, 'tamo' refers to a single blade of grass or a single grass plant, which can be conflated with any grass-like plant. To refer to grass as a mass, as in a lawn, one would refer to it in the plural, i.e.,. 'naz tamo'.

Colloquially since the early period, 'tamo' is also a slang word for marijuana, where it is always referred to in the plural or the paucal.

Verb:

As a verb, 'tamo' is a pali verb meaning to graze (as in an  animal eating grass) or to mow (as in a lawn). The sense of 'mow' can be used even when it's not specifically grass being  mowed. The adverb 'pete' can be added to clarify the meaning of mow.

Modifier:

As a modifier, 'tamos' means 'grassy'.

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