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kappesi

kappeti

pr 2nd sg of kappeti (verb); aor 3rd sg of kappesi (verb); aor 2nd sg of kappesi (verb)

1. kappeti (pr): forms; fashions; constructs; lit. causes to be suitable
2. kappeti (pr): (of life) lives; leads; goes about; lit. causes to be suitable
3. kappesi (aor): (of life) led; lived; lit. caused to be suitable
4. kappeti (pr): (of sexual intercourse) performs (with); lit. causes to be suitable
5. kappeti (pr): (of hair) trims; styles; fashions; lit. causes to be suitable
6. kappeti (pr): (of a posture, sitting or lying down) adopts; takes up; assumes; uses; sits (on); lies down (in); lit. causes to be suitable
7. kappesi (aor): prepared; arranged; formed; fashioned; constructed; lit. caused to be suitable
8. kappeti (pr): harnesses, considers; lit. causes to be suitable
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Etymology. kappe + ti; from √kapp 'be fit, be suitable'; Sanskrit kalpayati [kḷp]

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

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