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anucaṅkamamāno

anucaṅkamamāna

masc nom sg of anucaṅkamamāna (prp)

1. walking; strolling along

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, after
  Trailing behind or following the track of; carries the sense of movement that retraces or accompanies. Cognate with Greek ana- in the sense 'along, up through'.
• caṅkama — root · walk, pace
  From √kam 'to go, walk'; the reduplicative or iterative form caṅkama emphasizes the repeated or leisurely motion of walking back and forth.
• māna — ending · present participle
  The suffix -māna marks the present participle (simultaneous action), here forming a nominative singular masculine agreeing with the subject 'one who is walking along'.

Analysis. anu- (along, after) + caṅkama (walking, pacing) + -māna (present participle suffix). The compound conveys the sense of walking in someone's footsteps or following a path.

Etymology. anu (following the track of, as in anussati 'recollection') + caṅkama, which derives from √kam 'to go, walk' (cognate with Latin caminus 'path', Greek κάμμα kamē 'workmanship'). The -m- in caṅkama is likely an iterative or intensive formant.

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

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