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karonti

karoti

pr 3rd pl of karoti (verb); fem voc sg of karonta (prp)

1. karoti (pr): does; acts; performs
2. karoti (pr): makes
3. karoti (pr): builds; constructs
4. karonta (prp): doing; performing
5. karonta (prp): making
6. karonta (prp): building; constructing; erecting

Built from

• kar — root · do, make
  Ancient root expressing the concrete act of fashioning or performing. Cognates: Latin creare 'create', Greek kraínō 'accomplish', English craft.
• o — stem · present stem marker
  Thematic vowel that marks present-tense stems in Pali.
• nti — ending · 3rd person plural
  Regular present indicative ending marking third person plural (they do/make/perform).

Etymology. √kar (to do, make) is an ancient root cognate with Latin creare (create), Greek kraínō (accomplish), and English craft. The root expresses the concrete act of making or doing, from which all abstract senses derive.

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

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