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anuyuttā

anuyutta

masc nom pl of anuyutta (pp); fem nom sg of anuyutta (pp); fem nom pl of anuyutta (pp); nt nom pl of anuyutta (pp); …

1. devoted; applied oneself (to); practised; doing; lit. yoked alongside
2. engaged in; doing; practising; indulging in; lit. yoked alongside
3. follower; devotee; attendant; lit. yoked alongside

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, after
  Following the track of; trailing behind. No direct European cognate, but related to Greek ana- in the sense 'along, up through'.
• yuj — root · yoke, join
  From Indo-European *yeug-. Cognates: Sanskrit yuj, Latin iungō, English yoke, German Joch. Concrete image of binding or joining animals to a yoke.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Forms the past participle, marking the state or condition resulting from the verbal action; agrees here with plural nominative subjects.

Analysis. anu- (along, following) + yutta (yoked, joined), hence 'yoked alongside', devoted to or engaged in something.

Etymology. Composed of anu- (following, along the track of) and yutta, the past participle of yujjati (to yoke, join), from the root √yuj cognate with Sanskrit yuj, Latin iungō (join), English yoke. The prefix anu- carries its concrete sense of trailing behind or following: one who is anuyutta is yoked alongside, following the track of a practice or master.

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

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