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caranti

carati

pr 3rd pl of carati (verb)

1. walks; wanders; goes around; travels; fares on
2. acts; practices; performs; does
3. lives; leads (one's life); conducts oneself
4. (of cattle) grazes (in)

Built from

• car — root · move, go, walk
  Concrete image of locomotion, physical or moral. Cognate with Latin currere (run, course) and English car; the root extends from walking to all forms of movement and action, hence "practices, conducts oneself".
• a — stem · thematic vowel
  Present-tense class marker, present in carati and throughout the present paradigm.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Plural marker -nt- plus present ending -i, indicating multiple agents acting in the present tense. Cognate with Latin -nt (amant "they love") and Greek -ntes.

Etymology. Root √car-, "to move, go, walk", with cognates in Latin currere "to run" (course, current, courier) and English car; the semantic range from physical motion to metaphorical conduct ("how one walks through life") is ancient. Sanskrit carati shows the same root and meanings.

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

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