sambuka

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See also: sambuką

Pali

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Etymology

Compare Sanskrit शम्बूक (śambūka).

Noun

sambuka m

  1. oyster
  2. shell

Declension

Declension table of "sambuka" (masculine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)sambukosambukā
Accusative (second)sambukaṃsambuke
Instrumental (third)sambukenasambukehi or sambukebhi
Dative (fourth)sambukassa or sambukāya or sambukatthaṃsambukānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)sambukasmā or sambukamhā or sambukāsambukehi or sambukebhi
Genitive (sixth)sambukassasambukānaṃ
Locative (seventh)sambukasmiṃ or sambukamhi or sambukesambukesu
Vocative (calling)sambukasambukā

References

Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 432.

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