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akovido

akovida

masc nom sg of akovida (adj)

1. unskilled (in); not expert (in); not proficient (in); not a master (of)

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist). Reverses the sense of the following adjective.
• kovida — stem · skilled, expert
  Root uncertain; possibly related to Sanskrit ku- or a verb meaning 'to work' or 'to know'. Kovida means 'skilled' or 'proficient'.

Etymology. a- (not) + kovida (skilled, expert). The root of kovida is uncertain but may be related to Sanskrit ku- (bad, wrong) or to a root meaning 'to know' or 'to work'; akovida thus means 'not-skilled, without expertise.' The prefix a- is the standard Pali negator (cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- as in 'atheist').

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

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