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garukato

garuka

masc abl sg of garuka (adj); masc nom sg of garukata (pp)

1. garuka (adj): heavy; onerous; weighty
2. garuka (adj): serious; grave; lit. heavy
3. garuka (adj): respected; esteemed; given importance; lit. heavy
4. garukata (pp): respected; honoured; revered; lit. made heavy
5. garuka (adj): (of an offence) serious; heavy; (comm) two classes of offences, i.e. pārājika and saṅghādisesa

Built from

• garu — root · heavy, weighty
  The root √gur expresses the physical property of heaviness and, by extension, seriousness and importance. Cognate with Sanskrit guru, Greek bareús.
• ka — ending · adjective marker
  Suffix forming adjectives from roots; here creates the adjective garuka from the root garu-.
• to — ending · ablative singular or nominative singular past participle
  Ablative ending (-to from PIE *-tod) when read as garuka in ablative; nominative singular of past participle garukata (garu + kata), marking the state of being made heavy or honoured.

Etymology. From √gur- (to be heavy, weighty), probably from PIE *gʷer- (to lift, carry, bear weight); akin to Sanskrit guru, Latvian grūts (heavy), Greek bareús (heavy), and English grave (serious, weighty).

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

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