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akuppā

akuppa

masc nom pl of akuppa (ptp); fem nom sg of akuppa (ptp); fem nom pl of akuppa (ptp); nt nom pl of akuppa (ptp); …

1. unshakeable; unwavering; unassailable; lit. not to be shaken
2. (vinaya) indisputable; irreproachable; unchallengeable; unimpeachable; lit. not to be shaken
3. unshakeable state; unassailable state; epithet of Nibbāna; lit. not to be shaken

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Privative negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)- (atheist). Here negates the quality of being shaken.
• kuppa — root · shaken, trembling
  Past participle or adjectival form of √kup 'to shake'. Related to English 'quake' and Latin 'quatiō', all from Indo-European *kewt-. Conveys physical and metaphorical instability.

Etymology. a- (not) + kuppa (shaken, from √kup 'to shake'). The root √kup has cognates in English 'quake' and Latin 'quatiō' (shake), both from the same Indo-European base *kewt-. The prefix a- is simple negation, yielding 'not shaken'—the state of being immovable, central to the doctrinal image of Nibbāna.

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

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