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bhuttāviṁ

bhunjati

accusative singular neuter of bhutta (past participle), with enclitic -aṁ; alternative form of bhutvāna (having eaten)

1. having eaten
2. after consuming
3. eaten

Built from

• bhuj — root · eat
  The root denoting consumption of food; also used metaphorically in Buddhist texts for 'enjoying' or 'experiencing' sensory objects.
• -ta — ending · past participle
  Converts the verb into a nominal form expressing completed action.
• -āviṁ — ending · temporal sequence marker
  This ending frames the action as completed before the following verb; common in narrative prose to show sequential events.

Analysis. bhutta (past participle of √bhuj 'eat') + -āviṁ (suffix marking temporal sequence, 'having done'). The -āvi- element emphasizes completion before a following action.

Etymology. From √bhuj 'to eat', cognate with Sanskrit bhuj-, related to English 'to gorge' (though the connection is disputed); the root appears in bhojana 'food' and may trace to an Indo-European base *bhug- meaning 'to use up, consume'.

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

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