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bhuñjissāma

bhuñjati

fut 1st pl of bhuñjati (verb)

1. eats; consumes
2. (of sensual objects) uses; enjoys; partakes (of); indulges (in)
3. receives revenue (from); lives at the expense (of)

Built from

• bhuj — root · bend; enjoy
  From Indo-European *bheug- (to bend, flex). The root carries the concrete image of bending or flexing into consuming and enjoying.
• i — stem · present stem
  Thematic vowel forming the present stem bhuñj- (with assimilation of j from underlying dj).
• ssa — ending · future marker
  The future tense marker (sibilant + -a-) indicating action yet to occur.
• ma — ending · 1st person plural
  First person plural ending, expressing collective agency: we (inclusive or exclusive) will eat.

Etymology. Root √bhuj, meaning to bend or flex; cognate with Sanskrit bhujati (bends, enjoys) and English bow. The root's spatial sense of bending develops into the abstract meanings of enjoying and consuming — what bends to our will, we command and use.

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

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