A `kammadhāraya` joins two words that name one and the same thing, an adjective and its noun or two nouns: `kaṇhasappo` ("a black snake") is `kaṇho sappo` made into one word {324}. How to tell its kinds apart by the shape of the first member: `mahā` for `mahanta` {330}, a feminine word in its masculine shape {331}–{332}, `a` or `an` for `na` {333}–{334}, `kad` or `kā` for `ku` {335}–{336}.
