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kata

masc voc sg of kata (pp); nt voc sg of kata (pp); nt voc sg of kata (noun); masc voc sg of kata (noun)

1. done; did; completed; accomplished
2. something done; performed action; lit. done
3. made; built (of)
4. (of gold) formed; shaped; wrought; forged; lit. made
5. mat, cheek

Built from

• ka — root · do, make
  The verbal root meaning 'to make, do, act'. Cognate with English craft, German Kraft, Latin creare, Sanskrit kṛ-; PIE *kʷer- 'to make'.
• ta — ending · past participle
  The -ta suffix forms the past participle, marking a completed action. Used attributively or as a substantive noun meaning 'something done, a deed'.

Etymology. Past participle of karoti (do, make), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- 'to do, make'. Cognates: English craft, German Kraft, Latin creare, Sanskrit kṛ-. The root is old and widespread across Indo-European languages with the basic sense of making or doing.

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

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