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karissanti

karissati

fut 3rd pl of karissati (verb); fut 3rd pl of karoti (verb)

1. karissati (fut): will make
2. karoti (pr): does; acts; performs
3. karoti (pr): makes
4. karoti (pr): builds; constructs
5. karissati (fut): will do

Built from

• ka — root · do, make
  The root kar- (do, make) appears with the thematic vowel a. Cognates: Latin creare, Greek keras.
• ris — stem · future marker
  The suffix -is- marks the future tense in Pali.
• anti — ending · 3rd plural
  The ending -anti marks third person plural in the present and future tense.

Etymology. √kar (do, make) is a root of Indo-European origin, cognate with Latin creare (create), Greek keras (work, toil), and English care; the sense ranges from crafting and building to performing ritual actions. The future stem karis- adds the tense marker to the root.

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

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