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byākarohi

byākaroti

imp 2nd sg of byākaroti (verb)

1. answers; replies (to); lit. makes distinct
2. explain; defines; describes; lit. makes distinct
3. states; declares; announces; lit. makes distinct

Built from

• vi — prefix · apart, clarity
  Marks separating out or seeing distinctly. Works like Latin dis- (divide).
• ā — prefix · toward (the speaker)
  Reverses or redirects the motion of the root verb toward the agent.
• kar — root · make, do
  Cognate with Sanskrit kr̥, Latin creare (create), English craft. The concrete sense is to fashion or shape.
• o — ending · 3rd singular present
  The 2nd singular imperative in Pali uses the stem byākaro- + -hi, where -o marks present indicative and -hi is the imperative ending for 2nd singular.
• hi — ending · 2nd singular imperative
  Imperative particle marking the form as a command directed at one person.

Analysis. byā (prefix vi-ā, "apart and toward") + √kar (make, do): make distinct or clear by separating out.

Etymology. vi-ā-karoti, from prefix vi- (apart, clarity) + ā- (toward) + √kar (make, do; cognate with Latin creare, English craft). The prefix vi- marks analytical clarity; ā- gives directedness toward the speaker. The root kar appears in English "care" (originally to make or do) and is cognate with Greek kerannumi (mix, blend — mixing involves making distinct parts). In Sanskrit vyākaraṇa, this compounds into the term for grammar itself: making things clear and distinct.

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

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