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abhininnāmeti

pr 3rd sg of abhininnāmeti (verb)

  1. inclines; bends; directs (towards); lit. bends out all the way
  2. sticks out; stretches out; extends; lit. bends out all the way

Etymology. abhi + nī + nāme + ti; from √nam 'bend'; Sanskrit abhinirṇāmayati [nirṇam]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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