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caramāno

caramāna

masc nom sg of caramāna (prp)

1. walking; walking about; wandering around; going around (in)

Built from

• car — root · walk, move
  The root of motion on foot. Cognate with Latin currere (run) and English current; shared with Sanskrit carati.
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Standard thematic vowel forming the present stem cara- from the root.
• māna — ending · present participle
  Marks ongoing action in present time, masculine nominative singular. Shows the subject actively walking at the moment of reference.

Etymology. From √car (to walk, move), a root shared with Sanskrit carati and cognate with Latin currere (to run) and English current. The present participle suffix -māna marks ongoing action.

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

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