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kandati

pr 3rd sg of kandati (verb)

1. cries; weeps (about); wails (over)

Built from

• kand — root · cry out, resound
  Expresses the act of vocal sound produced by emotion or distress. Related to Sanskrit kand- and PIE *ḱent- (chant, cantāre).
• ati — ending · 3rd sg present
  The present tense ending marks this as third person singular in present indicative voice.

Etymology. √kand- 'to cry out, resound' is related to Sanskrit kand- and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- 'to sing, resound' (English 'chant', Latin 'cantāre'). The root preserves the concrete imagery of sound bursting forth from emotion.

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

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