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atikkamma

gerund (ger.) of atikkamati

1. surpassing; overcoming; going beyond; lit. going too far
2. missing; going past; lit. going too far

Built from

• ati — prefix · beyond, over
  Spatial prefix meaning 'past the mark, in excess'. Cognate with Greek eti 'still, besides'.
• kam — root · do, act
  Root of karma 'action, deed'. Cognate with Greek poiein, Latin creare (all from PIE *kwer- 'make, do').
• m — stem · action (nominalizing)
  Forms the nominal stem kamma 'action' from the root.
• a — ending · gerund/abstract noun
  Nominalizing suffix forming the gerund, expressing the abstract concept of the action or state.

Analysis. ati- (over, beyond) + kamm- (action, deed) + -a (nominalizing suffix); lit. 'action of going beyond the mark'. The gerund expresses the abstract notion of transgression or excess.

Etymology. ati- 'beyond, past the mark' (from PIE *eti-, Greek eti 'still, besides') + kamma 'action, deed' (from Sanskrit karma, ultimately PIE *kwer- 'to do, make', cognate with Greek poiein, Latin creare). The prefix ati- carries its concrete sense of crossing a boundary into the abstract domain of exceeding proper limits.

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

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