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anucaṅkamāpenti

anucaṅkamāpeti

pr 3rd pl of anucaṅkamāpeti (verb)

1. makes walk all around; gives a tour; lit. causes to walk alongside

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, following
  Marks motion or sequence trailing behind or accompanying something. Cognate with Greek ana- (in the sense 'along, up through').
• caṅkam — stem · walk about
  From √kam (to go, walk), with reduplication or stem-form caṅk-. Cognate with Sanskrit gam, English come.
• āpe — stem · cause, make
  The causative suffix -āpe- (from -āpeti) derives a causative verb from the root.
• ti — ending · 3rd person plural present
  Present indicative active ending marking third person plural: 'they cause/make'.

Analysis. anu + caṅkamāpeti. anu (along, following) + caṅkamāpeti (causative of caṅkamati, to walk about). The prefix anu- attaches to the causative, meaning 'causes to walk in following fashion' or 'leads on a tour alongside'.

Etymology. anu (following, along; Sanskrit anu, Greek ana) + √kam (to go, walk; cognate with Sanskrit gam, English come) + āpeti (causative suffix). The spatial sense of anu—trailing behind, accompanying—remains vivid: one walks alongside another person or place.

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

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