‹ Back to the text

bhuttāvī

masc nom sg of bhuttāvī (adj); masc nom pl of bhuttāvī (adj); fem nom sg of bhuttāvī (adj); nt nom pl of bhuttāvī (adj); …

1. who has eaten; after the meal
2. stuffed; full; lit. who has eaten

Built from

• bhu — root · eat
  From PIE √*bʰewǵ- "bend, break", originally the fracturing or breaking of food. Cognate with Sanskrit √bhuj- (enjoy, eat).
• tta — ending · past participle
  The -tta suffix marks a completed action, forming past participles. Here it signifies the state of having eaten.
• vī — ending · masculine singular nominative
  The vī ending marks masculine singular nominative in adjectives and past participles, agreeing with a male subject who has eaten.

Etymology. Past participle of bhujati (eat), from PIE √*bʰewǵ- (bend, break, share food). Sanskrit bhukta- (eaten), Greek phagein (eat), English digest. The perfective stem bhutta- marks a completed action.

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version